Me>>AFAIK the Dualistic nature of Malkion comes later as the Magi found
>>that Sorcery could be used for Evil Purposes.
>Like, by the God Learners?
No. Estrekor's doctrine became incorporated into Carmanos's theology. At the time, there were no evil sorcerers and the Carmanians were more concerned with the Dark Spolites. So the Evil Lord became GanEstoro and the Good God became Idovanus. GanEstoro did not use sorcery but worked instead through Gods. Idovanus OTOH being the Good God taught the Pure Magic that is sorcery.
The crisis came when the Carmanians found that the magic of Idovanus, the Good God, could be used for Evil Purposes. Hence the reappearance of Malkion in their mythology.
>>I don't think this weighed on their minds at all very much. They
>>would have been aware that the Big Guy was Malkion and not have
>>given much of a toss about how the World was Created. Pretty much
>>like the Orlanthi nowadays.
>If they didn't care, it can't have been of any importance. The God
>Learners did assign importance to this, didn't they?
They didn't care because they had no way to investigate it. But once the means of investigation were provided by the God Learners, then it became a matter of some importance.
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