Re: Glorantha Digest V1 #212

From: David Cake <davidc_at_cs.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 19:24:42 +0800


>Any theory of how Earth (Maran Gor and Babs Gor) got Death?

according to the (old and probably highly unofficial) writeup on the RQ Archive,

>Soon one came great enough to kill even all Ernalda.
>Zorak Zoran, dark reaver, bloody destroyer. Slayer of Flamal,
>with his sap covered Axe. The head of his axe was Death itself,
>and with it he swung at defenseless Ernalda.
>.pp
>But then a miracle occurred. For when the axe entered Ernalda's womb,
>baby Barbester Gor seized it, and pulled the head from it's haft.
>(Thereafter, Zorak Zoran's weapon must needs be blunt.) And she
>sprung from her mother's womb, her utterly beautiful face filled
>with hate. For this and all other assaults upon her mother, she
>swung at Zorak Zoran, and used Death as if born to it. Only by
>guile and quick retreat did the Black Lord manage to avoid utter
>destruction, and ever since he has been fearful of her.
>.pp
>>From there, all husbands failing, Barbester Gor became her mother's
>protector, and fell upon all who would attempt to ravage the
>earth. And with Death she slew and slew again. Never stopping
>even to gather ramiment about her.

        A Likely story :-)
        So there is one myth, and an unlikely one it is too. Anyone else?
        I dislike this version, because in this version Babs got her death
powers from ZZ, which hardly seems write for the premier Earth death deity to have got her powers second hand from a Darkness guy.
        Cheers
                Dave



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