wrote:
>
> > A genealogical table derived from the Blue Book of Zzabur in Uz
Lore
> > gives his parents as the Father of Demons and the Mother of Space.
>
> Keep in mind that many of these geneaologies are metaphorical, not
> literal. What does it mean that Issaries is the child of Harana Ilor
> and Larnste - that's a metaphorical and poet way of saying that
> Issaries combines Harmony and Change. I know of another story where
> Issaries was created by the entire Cosmic Court so they could
> communicate with each other.
>
> This is even more applicable when were are talking about Underworld
> entities, most of which are mysterious and amorphous in origin.
Zorak
> Zoran is a demon from the endless Underworld - or to be metaphorical
> he is the son of the Father of Demons and the Mother of Space. But
I'm
> sure every tale gives Zorak Zoran a different set of parents (unless
> the story teller just copies something from another story).
>
> Think metaphorically about the gods and spirits, not literally -
> literally is for the Essence Plane (ie the Blue Book of Zzabur). And
> wizards are notoriously wrong-headed when it comes to the gods and
> spirits, often missing the point completely.
>
> Jeff
What Jeffs says :) and I would add that the Blue Book of Zabur does
not list his parents as those two, it draws a direct line to Nakala,
the primal source of darkness, putting him on the same level as Dame
Darkness. (at least in Trollpak it does).
Suffice to say that these inconcistencies conceal a Big Lie(tm).
Anything that the westerners say about the gods has to be taken with
a grain of salt, after all the monothiests are not exactly in tune
with the gods.