Orlanthi Time

From: Nick Brooke <100270.337_at_CompuServe.COM>
Date: 12 Nov 96 14:37:33 EST



David Weihe writes:

> When Orlanth speaks in the GodTime, the first word of his sentences occurs
> before the subsequent words (note, there is nothing to prove that the
> sentence wouldn't occur within a heartbeat, or that the words were not
> separated by several minutes).

Those who have ever sat through the "pseudo-mythic" experience of listening to a chief declaiming Orlanthi so-called Poetry will know that it can seem to last a subjective lifetime. But does this help?



David Cake writes:

> Entekosiad is set within 'Godtime', and it certainly doesn't read like time
> does not exist and all actions were taken simultaneously.

Can you help me with a bit of relative (pre)chronology, then?

Were there two episodes of the Evil Blue Folk Dominating Pelanda (mind you, the Entekosiad lists plenty to choose from!)? Or was the Oronin/Mount Fire thing just a Myth from Mythic Times? I am still unsure how to approach this cluster...



Simon Hibbs writes:

> The GLs wrote up the cult descriptions (or something similar) as manuals
> on how to infiltrate interesting or useful religions. The GLs did worship
> gods and engineered the cults so that they better suited their purposes.
> It was possible to be a Malkioni, Goldentongue, Humakti, or member of any
> other 'doctored' cult and still be a God Learner.

I see them as similar to demonologists' Grimoires, setting out the paraphernalia and invocations and ceremonies necessary to summon otherworldly entities, and listing the worldly powers which can be obtained from them in exchange for certain sacrifices. Fits my (Solomonic) model of the GLs very nicely...



Nick

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