> Thinking of this, an improbable and perhaps scandalous taught comes to my
> mind. What if the Gods are just God-Learner constructs, being the technique
> you are referring to? The God Learners needed something to help them channel
> this 'power' so they created the Gods as we came to know them. Correct me
> if I am wrong, but I think somewhere I read that the gods have been
> structured by the God Learners (or at least their mythology timeline), and I
> think I also read that the God-Learners had access directly to the Runes
> (which I assume are a kind of concentration of power). As for the gods
> 'existing' before the God-Learners, we know that creating gods (and
> mythology dating back before dawn, and therefore before them) can be done,
> and in a way is proved (Yelmalio cult might be an example). I know it is a
> far fetched idea, but....
Well, we know that the G-Ls modified some cults (Chaladra and Aurelion) and suspect that they modified others (Lhankhor Mhy and Issaries are the biggest suspects) but I've never heard the suggestion that *all* the gods are G-L creations before.
Although it's not the sort of thing you could disprove there are two things that argue against it. The stronger argument is that the G-Ls had their origins in a Malkioni philosophical movement and I'm damned if I can see how the creation of a lot of 'False Gods' is going to serve such a movement.
The second is that in the end, what they thought were mere spiritual tools, turned in the G-Ls' hands and brought them down, just as if they were real all along.
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End of The Glorantha Digest V5 #549
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