Re: Re: Trickster magic

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:51:54 -0700

> > My memory of KOS is that Kallyr had three tricksters, all named
> > Elusu. I am assuming that they are all the "same" person, but went
> > through life (and name) changing experiences.
>
> Only if you think KoS *really* mixed people up. "Argrath" has four
> tricksters listed, three of them called Elusu. Kallyr has none mentioned,
> though since she did an (S)LBQ, obviously she had one.
>
> Another theory would be that Tricksters pick themselves a new name, and
> "Elusu" is a standard one.

Of course, Kallyr's contribution to the Argrath myth might be/include the name of the trickster - sort of like how Arthur or Charlemagne got all those heroes attached to their myths - guys that had their own Myth cycles at one point. So Kallyr's Elusu becomes "Argrath's Elusu" four hundred year's later (which could be some kind of proof that she was "Argrath" at some point, I suppose).

Or, more farfetched -

Elusu is the *real* Argrath, but he had to use heroes as "Front Men" to do his work for him (would *you* trust a Eurmali king?). This would explain the number of Argrath's floating around - as one hero dies off, he's replaced by another (there's a Griselda story along the same lines...). Lighting a fire? Heck, that's first year stuff for a trickster...

RR
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