Light Gods

From: Kmnellist_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:10:12 EDT

My own opinion of Daysenerus, Elmal, Antirius and Yelmalio is that they are all masks of the same god, and that god is simply a portion of Yelm. If I were a Godlearner I might say something about the runes of Light (without heat) and Truth (which could be linked with Justice). So Elmal is the Sun (but only part of it), Yelmalio is the Son of the Sun and the Light of the Sky Dome, Antirius is the Dara happan son of Yelm, pure not born (who stayed behind, gradually fading throught the Darkness) and Daysenerus guides the Mystic to the Sun via the Shining Sky (as do Elmal, Yelmalio, and Antirius).

The Sky Dome giving of light would be, IMO, the main source of light in the Storm Age. It would not be dark like it is at night but like dusk, where things are hazy and your vision goes to monochrome. Dark Storms would worsen this condition making it miserable for everyone except the Storm Gods. In the greater Darkness the Sky fades even more, chunks fall out of it, etc("even the sky now is touched with putrescence" GROY) . There is no ball of light floating in the sky, Antirius may have " floated above them like a shield" (GROY) but that is a reference to the Sky Dome.

Keith Nellist

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