On 5/16/2013 7:43 AM, drscience3000 wrote:
> For example, would a Yelmi assume that the Orlanthi sun god, Elmal, exists or just that Orlanthi refuse to call it "Yelm" in order to not acknowledge Yelm? And if it is the latter, how do Elmal followers get magic without the right names and rites?
The Dara Happans know that the Orlanthi worship a rebel god which they
call Elmal. They also know that the Orlanthi believe that their rebel
god is the Sun.
The Orlanthi know that the Dara Happans worship Yelm the God of
Stagnation. They also that Dara Happans believe Yelm to be the Sun.
There are many ways in which the two sides cope with this apparent
contradiction.
- The other side are deluded liars. Simple, effective but not very
satisfying.
- The other side may believe they worship the Sun but in truth they
are worshipping divine energies that have some association with the Sun
but do not actually proceed from the Sun. The Dara Happans, the Orlanth
believe, worship the Stagnant Autocrat of the Sky who was a different
celestial body that was put down by Orlanth. The Orlanthi, the Dara
Happans believe, worship the Light that comes from the Sun after it
proceeds through the body of their murderous God but they do not worship
the Sun itself. Only Scholars believe this.
- The two deities are different masks of the Sun. To the Dara
Happans, the Sun shows his Yelm mask while to the Orlanthi, his mask is
that of Elmal. Only Lunars believe this.
--Peter Metcalfe