Re: Sunstop and conception of Arkat

From: Jerome Blondel <jeromeblondel_at_8HMPuP7Aqh76XPmRRbb7Pp6Xf-KNIVZwDix6rbKyGKmW9iFyU2WytCBz2T1kmt>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:16:30 +0200


Chris Lemens :
> Guy:
>> If they were both born during the Sunstop, then it totally obscures the whole issue of the identity of Arkat and Gbaji.
>> Were they to beings are one? Was Arkat really Gbaji, or vice versa?

>
> I like the description of Arkat as Nysalor's shadow. If they were both born during the Sunstop, that helps explain why they did not appear at the same place. At noon, you don't have a shadow. (Well, OK, you do, but mythically, you don't.) So, Nysalor's shadow had to flee and spend a long time coming back to him.

However, Nysalor was a god, and Arkat a mortal.

Jerome            

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