That’s hardly a basis for establishing a government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony
...I mean, if I went around sayin’ I was an empereror just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d lock me up