Myths and Folk Tales

In chapters 4 and 9 the book gives us little short stories in the form of Gethenian Folk tales, which the call hearth tales.These tales allow us to have a better understanding of the history and culture of Gethen and its people. Chapter 12 tells a couple of legends Meshe, the prophet of the Orgoreyn religion.In chapter 4,Lord Berosty goes to Thangering Fastness to request a foretelling from the Weaver Orden, he asks him what day he will die.Orden tells he with die on "Odstreth", which is the 19th day of any month. After, Lord Berosty gets upset and asks the Weaver Orden what day, but he wouldnt say. So Lord Berosty decides to lock himself in the Hearth-Tower for 10 months. This book is seen as a "science-fiction" which I can see why, but it also has some characteristics of a fairytale, as seen in this chapter. No one can predict death.So what this tells me about their culure is that they dont really have a godly figure to look up they have foretellers and kings.