>And the new twist that Orlanth didn't seem to care about making peace
>till Ernalda disappeared shoots down my former admiration of Orlanth
>as the wised-up, reformed penitent, taking responsibility for his
>mistakes.
What else do you think would have caused him to take responsibility for his mistakes?
>A cynic (like me) would say that Orlanth "made peace" with
>his fingers crossed behind his back just to get his wife back, then
>promptly returned to the old status of emnity towards Yelm.
But he didn't.
>IMO, many of the newer published Orlanthi myths really paint him in a
>bad light. The myth of how he got Humakt on his side is one
That is a _Humakti_ myth, not an Orlanthi one. Humakti cultists have different takes on certain matters than Orlanthi.
--Peter Metcalfe
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