Forgetting written names.

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From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_toppoint.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 97 20:00 MET

Nick Brooke asked:
>How the heck do you "forget" the name of your god?

When you are forbidden to use the name. (Remember the Stoning scene from Life of Brian...)

Using obscure glyphs with no clear pronunciation rules ("eeryone knows how to say that") and then a hiatus of active worship.

>Light Priest literacy requirements alone would make this rather difficult.

Only if you assume that the ur-Yelmalio cult used a phonetic script, and _dared_ to put the god's name into writing. Even in literate religions, many mysteries are kept in very restricted circles. Kill these off or bring them into discredit, and there you are.