On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:46 PM, David Dunham<david_at_mHTRlwjrlqpTNCQuVNrY2iCPV4wbpqK-r-wSAS8rK58iP-r2cz6wZ-ZS7oOH_iji32zJw6TfrQ.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
>
> Kevin
>
>>Dendara is also said to be the source of the Spolite Gloom, "Indeed,
>>Dendara had summoned clouds to protect the people from the overbearing
>>rays of Yelm, and the land was cast in shadow."
>
> On the bus so I'm not cracking the books, but this is a historical
> event, and so I read it a an action of the priestesses of Dendara,
> not Dendara herself.
Agreed.
> Sounds like they are importing foreigners in
> some fashion (Orlanthi mercenaries?) because of social repression
> from the Yelmic nobility.
Maybe, but Entekos/Dendara *is* a weather related goddess so it never
seemed odd to me that she could be called upon to do this - at least
not until this conversation.
-Kevin McD