Darkness and Fear

From: SimonPhipp_at_aol.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:40:24 -0400


>Can anyone tell me why the gods of Darkness have Fear powers? (shades attack

>with Fearshock, ZZ has Fear spell, KL commands Fear Spirits, etc.)

Subere is the Goddess of Hell Darkness. She is the sourse of all these Fear powers since she is scary. In Glorantha, people are scared of the Dark because it is frightening. The Uzuz are scared of the Black Eater, although they would not admit the fact.

There are terrifying deities from other cutures as well - Darkness does not have a monopoly.
Gorgorma is a scary Earth Goddess, she has Fear spirits as well. Eurmal uses Panic in his Terrifying Aspect. Magasta and Wachaza use Fear.
Yara Aranis is not a kindly goddess by any means. There are almost certainly other gods who use Fear based spells,


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