@lovecraftiande1@RyanAWagMMA oh and also this isnt accounting for the fact they could just lie when they had reason to. that’s why we know the parts of the secret history that portray chinggis unfavorably are real, bc that just wouldn’t have been recorded if they didn’t want it in there
ik it’s not like jk rowling cares whether she’s correct or not but the shamans of chinggis khan’s time were part of one of the oldest traditions of gender fluidity in human history. on top of everything else her ignorance is so repugnant
@lovecraftiande1@RyanAWagMMA is it possible he had an industrial scale abortion system for his concubines to prevent more claimants. sure, but it’s not like he would have been particularly ashamed of that so why hide it
@lovecraftiande1@RyanAWagMMA im saying he definitely had more than 9 kids he only recognized 9 for convenience. succession was already messy enough imagine if he’d recognized every kid he definitely had