Was that what you were after?
If you were trying to find out enough to fill out the character, note the
interesting similarities between his ancestry and Venharl, the King of the
Colymar who wiped out the Karandoli (KoS, various places).
On forgetting the name of a god: I'm not sure if it's appropriate to this
case or not, but any religion that regards names as sacred, and therefore
does not reveal them to the entire population, is in danger of this
happening. Even if the Lunars did manage to wipe put all worship of
Orlanth, I don't see anyone forgetting his name very fast. But if only the
priests use the name of a god, and the population refer to him by titles,
you're in trouble if you lose the priesthood. Perhaps one of the titles
will become the new name.
I'd guess there's more of a danger of this if the deity was a foreign
import to start with: the name will be harder to pronounce (and therefore
remember), and there will be less in the way of links to the deity in the
myths of other gods in the area.
Here's a thought for you: we know Elmal joined Orlanth's household by marrying his "horse-loving daughter". Sounds like the Orlanthi had a horse-goddess at one stage. What was her name? (And don't say "Hippoi": she's even less a child of Orlanth than Elmal is).
Jane Williams jane_at_williams.nildram.co.uk http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~janewill/gloranth/
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