Angels and Demons. from Peter Metcalfe on 2004-12-09 (Glorantha Digest Vol 10)

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_quicksilver.net.nz>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:25:32 +1300

Andrew Barton:

>Me> Most Genertelans would say that demons come from Hell, which is
> > the definition adopted by Anaxial's Roster p237.
>
>Hmm. I don't see any statement as clear as that in my copy.

You could try looking at the page reference that I gave. There you would have seen the title "Demons" followed by "Entities from the Underworld".

> > Yes. Angels (Certamus AR p192) are denizens of the Sky World.

>The problem with using words like 'infernal' and 'angelic host' is that
>we're used to thinking of them in terms of Christian cosmology.

So? Angels are still denizens of the sky world and always have been.

>That sounds to me as though Sartarites might consider them as more
>like demons than angels.

Do the Sartarites call anything else angels? No.

--Peter Metcalfe

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