Re: Re: Griselda

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:40:12 -0400

Wulf Corbett wrote:
>
>
> > This also got me thinking about the whole issue of myths vs
> 'ordinary
> > stories' that John raised on this True Love Stories thread (and
> also,
> > as he mentioned, on the Digest). Take Griselda - if we accept that
> > Olav's tales of her deeds and derring-do are widely recounted in
> and
> > around Pavis
>
> >then does this have some magic associated with
> > it. Or can Glorantha truly accommodate stories which are *just*
> > stories?
>
> Look at it another way - if Griselda ever becomes a capital-H Hero,
> these will be the myths from the knowledge of which others may gain
> magical power.
>
> Wulf

Having her own hero cult might just have her spinning in her grave...

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