>Merely the fact that a Godi prayed to Orlanth for a thunderbolt
>and was rewarded does not prove that what the Godi believes about
>Orlanth is true (or whether 'Orlanth' has a concrete existance
>independant of his worshippers). All the impartial observer can
>conclude is that the Godi has interacted with the Otherworld using
>the spiritual beliefs of his culture to call down a lightning bolt.
This is beginning to smell of sophistry.
>Thus I do not view Glorantha in terms of independant gods but rather
>in terms of cultural groups interacting with their environment and
>each other. It makes better history for starters IMO.
Tastes vary. To me that makes a less interesting mythical world.
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