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> drscience3000:
> >So it would be OK for other culture's myths to have Wakboth appear before
> he
> >is suppose to be created, but if you want the Orlanthi to believe the
> story of his
> >creation, then you can't ignore his appearing before then.
>
> Different groups within a culture might disagree on the details, which may
> lead to all kinds of conflict from mud-flinging to wars. Reconciling the
> differences in a way that accepts them all as equally valid is what Arkat
> and the God Learners did, and we all know how badly that ended.
Well, I'm no expert on God Learners, but I think most of their issues came from how the myths of different cultures related to each other. As to your disagreements between different subgroups in a culture, sure I can see that, but in the end what that represents is way of resolving causality.