<< You originally argued that Doburdon was a mystic storm cult because
Yelmalio was a mystic sun cult and that the pantheons needed "balance".
Now you are apparently retreating from this. So why should Doburdon
now be a mystic storm cult?
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Me:
I am not retreating from the idea that there is a mystic element to Yelmalio
worship, nor am I retreating from the notion that Doburdun could be the Minor
(mystic) Storm in Sun compared to Yelmalio's Minor (mystic) Sun in Storm. Nor
do I find the arguments about cults and subcults convincing - what is your
definition of a subcult ? Personally speaking , if there were a write up of
Entekos worship I can easily imagine the subcult section:
"Doburdon: this god of thunder is worshipped by the rare mystics who practice
aesthetic practices within the cult of the Right Air. He represents the Storm
in Solar areas as is required for cosmic balance. Members of this subcult will
commune naked with the powers of the Air during thunderstorms. They gain
little benefit material from these practices but claim that at least their god
isn't Invisible Orlanth."
Now there's an idea;- Elmal and Doburdon; Yelmalio (new Elmal) and Invisible Orlanth (new Doburdon). I don't even agree with this idea myself.
Keith Nellist
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