I have no objection to this notion, and as I already said, it's certainly what the Hsunchen believe, pretty much. Rather, I was simply quibbling with Tom's rationale, which for me fits in the uncomfortable region betwixt three stools: it's not what the God Leaners would say, it's not what Hsunchen would say, and it's not "objectively true" (or at the very least, not unprovable).
Tom again:
> A Pralori was a deer. For various reasons some deer adopted man
> like characteristics and have progressively moved towards the Man Rune.
Right. Much better to couch the "various reasons" as Hsunchen mythology, on a per-cult basis. (Cutter's Story is a good example, though of course for a non-Hsunchen people.) I'm not sure all cases (the Pralori might be a case in point) believe this in quite the way the Telmori do, though. (I'm presuming they don't live as intimately together, for example.)
Slainte,
Alex.
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