Re: Glorantha Digest V2 #640

From: Brian K. Curley (Master of Time & Space) <"Brian>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:54:33 -0500 (CDT)


Some thoughts:
MSmylie:

> This seems to pretty well imply that Argrath had _already_ performed the
> Lightbringer's Quest, placing the events of "Argrath and the Devil" after
> 1677. Either "Argrath and the Devil" is an alternative version of the 'final
> battle' in which the Seven Dragons tear down the Moon, or it is in fact a
> 'lost text' describing the battle that happens _after_ the Moon is torn down
> and the Devil is revealed in her stead.
> do, to such chaotics as it meets.

I am reminded of the words of Cotton Mather: The Devil is never more like himself than when he masquerades as an angel of light.

Mark Groff:

> All this would lead frequently to acts of atonement, ritual self
> purification, suicide, and convert fanaticism, and would explain "the
> Pure One" in the Zola Fel pantheon, and the wild healer of the rockwoods.

That would be "The Cleansed One", I believe.

Brian (the nitpicker)

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