Dy Tynm oe Mnmar

Dy Tynm oe Mnmar (The Binding of The Flower)

The Story
Hllda's feathers have begun to molt from juvenile to adult and so her family make plans for her Uym Gmnll and send word to her betroved, Toln F'oonlmlh. She remembers him fondly from the days they played together as children but when they next meet for the exchanging of the cloth she sees that he is no longer the Dy Nhivilum she knew. The wars in the East have changed him and made him cold and cruel. She asks her father to call off the ceremony but he refuses.

She dutifully follows her father's will although as she follows through the dance of the Uym Gmnll the more observant see that her movement and expression do not bear the same joy of the usual Uymi.

Reception: Contempory vs Now
Dy Tynm oe Mnmar was a popular book in the southern cities where they have always been more welcoming of arts and literature. In most of Dy Gehmah however, it was a highly controversial book. Attitudes towards females at the time were that she should be respected as keeper of the home and mother of the home. Whilst there was no stigma in persuing personal gain after child rearing age the character of Hllda who not only dishonored her family by refusing to provide children but by falling in love with an inferior species and breaking her promise to society by running off with him. Both the idea of her even dreaming of starting her own business and the first depiction of female suicide was enough to stir many to take part in mass book burnings.

Today Dy Tynm oe Mnmar is on the recommended reading lists of all Dy Gehmah Upper schools, although critics point out that 60% of schools have never taught it and 93% have studied it less than all other books on the reading list.

In Other Forms
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