>
> However, that is the only English word for the phenomenon I
> can think of - something like Travel Instantly instead is fine,
> however. Interpreting the word Leap, which normally has not much to
> do with teleporting, as Teleport because of a reference in a
> completely different book, however, stretches the interpretation
> beyond breaking point IMO. We are used to Teleport, anyway.
> FWIW, I can't think of many mythic precedents for the
> phenomenon of teleportation in RW myth either - very fast movement,
> yes, but what we think of as a teleport (instantaneous movement
> without crossing the intervening space) is harder.
> (and also note that exactly the same criticism could have
> been made of the spell names in RQ, its just that with a spell like
> 'Erotocomatose Lucidity' already there, giving them mythic names was
> already a bit of a lost cause :-))
> Cheers
> David
>
I would suspect that I'm happier with the names we have now. As to Teleport, I would use (as was suggested) Seven League Stride or Across Thrice Kingdoms. Russian folklore is full of tales of people getting to strange places in a twinkling -- though most of the destinations would, in a HW paradigm be some nifty Otherworld.
Grecco-Roman myth is filled with instances of the gods letting someone get from point a to point b VERY, VERY quickly. Its at some point one wonders whether its speed or soemthing entirely. I view telportation as a quick hop through somewhere else.
But again, I've always been unhappy with Teleport (and Invisibility) but I'm quite pleased to let folks who propitiate Mastakos to use his Chariot and his Homeward Leap (Teleport and Guided Teleport) respectively.
I supposeI should put together a Mastakos Keyword, but it would be similar to the Vangarth keyword.
I think that Homeward Leap would be key'd to ONE location and you'd have to learn different ones to leapto different 'Steads.' Of course, for the true Hero, one might learn it to get to Orlanth's Stead - could save lives on Heroquest. Of course, failure would be --- interestingly grim.
Just Idly Speculating.
Jeff
"I thought everything was going quite well till we found the House With
Chicken Feet."
-- Arkat after a less than successful expedition
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