Divers Threads

From: Peter Metcalfe, CAPE Canty <CHEN190_at_cantva.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 16:32:31 +1300


Erik:

>(Am I hallucinating here, or is
>there a reference in "Immortal Wisdom..." to Yelm being the teacher of the
>"resurrection paths"?)

'Hallowed Yelm teaches us the way to his superior afterlife'. IMO this is a myth made after the Dawn. The superior sage knows that it was Daruda who invented the Draconic Afterlife. Yelm's achievement in Kralorela was to organize the world into its parts (theme music: Adam naming the animals).

>Dara Happan farmers:
>Dara Happan farmers? I got the impression Dara Happan is a city culture.

Dara Happan myth no 264: Despite what the Dara happans themselves say, it is physically impossible for their daily bread to be imported beyond the borders of Dara Happa. Despite the cultivation of the image intense urbanization, I estimate that at the max 15% is urban. The rest must be farmers...

>She [dendara]does appears
>in those seasonal rites of the Pelorians, tho, along with _Eiritha_! Must
>mean "goddess of cattle". Or come to think of it, did she come in with the
>nomads from Pent - is she worshipped there under that or a similar name?

The Worship of Eiritha was introduced with the Animal Nomads after the battle of Argentium Thi'rile. The Pentan nomads picked up the worship later. The Pelorians did cultivate cattle, swine and so forth before eiritha came so I don't know why Eiritha took root...

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