Re: Heroquesting tactics for god's identities

From: Trotsky <TTrotsky_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:04:28 +0100


Jane:

>My feel is that it'll be easier to prove distinction than identity. Find a
>myth where the two gods meet and fight, and there's your proof (as long as
>the "enemy" one really is the one you're trying to prove is separate, of
>course! If some third party turns up instead, life will get messy!) Or just
>a pivotal incident where the two gods do different things. Elmal is the one
>who joined the Storm Tribe - Yelmalio didn't.
>
>

Yinkin and Rinkona are a canonical example of this (AR p. 83) - two beings that certainly sound like they ought to be the same, but can't be because they fought each other. And, indeed, one is a spirit, and the other a god...

-- 
Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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