Wave Three

As myths are told through out the story, they seem to foreshadow upcoming events. In Chapter 2 there was a myth about two brothers vowing to kemmer. The brothers names are Getheren and Hode. In the Gethenian culture, brothers are only allowed to vow kemmer until one gets pregnant. After the baby is born the brothers can never vow kemmer again. Getheren and Hode wanted to vow kemmer forever but they knew that wasn't legal. Hode ends up committing suicide which is a big NO NO in Gethenian culture. When Getheren is exiled from the land he traveled into the place inside the blizzard where people go when they commit suicide. This myth foreshadows an event very similar later in the book when Estraven vows kemmer with his brother. Older mythes come back and replay themselves in the more modern times in this book. Going by this myth, the Gethenian culture is extremely strict on kemmer with siblings. They are honestly no joke because they find suicide worse than murder. Gethenians go by these parables and their beliefs to live their daily lives. Therefore when myths are brought back, they prepare that it might reappear.