Shorning

A Shorning was a ritual process used by the Tiste Edur of Lether to mark someone as an outcast. 
==The Ritual==
A circle was inscribed on the outcast's forehead with a dagger. Then a slash was cut through it to break that circle and ashes were rubbed into the wound. The outcast's hair was then roughly hacked away and smeared with an unguent to cause permanent baldness.House of Chains, Prologue, US SFBC p.23 An element of sorcery was involved that was designed to prolong suffering.House of Chains, Chapter 6 The ultimate intent was to remove any physical sign that the outcast had ever been Tiste Edur.House of Chains, Chapter 23
==Shorning in other cultures==
*Returning to Unta after his early service with the Malazan Military in Itko Kan, Ganoes Paran felt out of place, saying he felt "shorn, outcast".Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1
*Karsa Orlong spoke of denouncing Dayliss for having lain with a man not her husband and having her shorn from her tribe.House of Chains, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.88
==In House of Chains==
Trull Sengar was brought to the Nascent to be shorn for the crime of betraying his brother and people. Afterwards he was chained to a great seawall and left to die in the rapidly flooding world.House of Chains, Prologue
==Notes and references==
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