Re: Lodril and Monster Man (was Lodrili Settlers and Sacred Time Ceremonies)

From: Stewart Stansfield <stu_stansfield_at_kn21yJeMVAd7Cv9jXwNe86oWQPd8gYX2f0Hc8YebXc8LTu_vxoPi4IvGvsHjP>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:43:45 -0000

> Kethaelan mythology--particularly Caladran, with its physical,
immanent
> character--tends to internalise it. Their volcanic gods, Veskarthan
> included, can display a violent, disordered, destructive, truculent,
> small-t tricksterish streak of behaviour in of themselves.

Of course, somewhat ironically, the God Learners 'did' the same thing to Lodril in Caladraland as the Dara Happans 'did' to Monster Man in Peloria. The Volcano Twins represented the welcome, beneficial form of volcanism--Harmony in opposition to their marginalised father's Disorder (who became, in partial effect, something of a Monster Man figure).

Stew.