Stephen Martin:
> Actually, I think Jane is wrong here. Greg seems to favor a view that has
> the Orlanthi believing they are made of (originally) equal parts of each
> of the five elements. Thus, the primal humans were equally part Air,
> Earth, Fire, Water, and Darkness. After all, the first humans were made
> by all gods in the Golden Age, before the Gods War.
In East Isles myth, different races have different
major elements (mermen - water, gold wheel dancers -
fire etc.). Humans started out as the bungled attempt
of the no-good storm gods to create inteligent life.
So the other elements had to lend a hand to patch the
new creatures together. Thus humans partake of all
elements.
Fits rather well with the view Stephen presents, I think.
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