God Learner: Shargash=Orlanth

From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_lhr-sys.dhl.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 15:19:44 +0100

> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:29:12 -0400
> From: Carl Fink <carlf_at_panix.com>
> Subject: Outer Atomic Exploration

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> a while back someone (MOB?) posted that Shargash was in some
> sense also Orlanth -- but Shargash is a deathgod who lives in the
> Underworld, right? He's more like Humakt than Orlanth. Then again,
> another theory bruited about here has been that originally Humakt
> *was* Orlanth before Arkat artificially split the single religion in
> two, but how could he do that if Orlanth "is" anything fixed?
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Shargash, Zorak Zoran, Umath, Tolat and Orlanth are all the same, for some sufficiently God Learnerishly broad definition of 'the same'. As for Shargash being a death god who lives in the Underworld, consider that Umath died, the Shargashi claim that Shargash travelled to hell and returned (hey, just like Orlanth), but 'travelling to the Underworld' can be taken as a euphemism for dying itself. Consider that 'son of X' can mean 'aspect of X' when applied to gods that are somewhat similar.

It has been suggested, also by God Learned types, that Vadrus and Humakt are 'the same'. Funny how you never see them both in the same place, eh?

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