Shargash, Silver

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_toppoint.de>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 98 23:36 MET

Keith Nellist:
>I think Shargash/Bronze Treasure should be mentioned at this point. Orlanth
>worship being a degenerate form of Shargash worship, and both having a Bronze
>connection.

You might as well call Shargash a degenerate form of Storm worship.

Bronze is a logical combination of sky and earth, and the sons of Yelm seem to have sort of an earth ancestry through Oria's Good Sister.

>I think that Bronze, being the metal that most weapons are made of,
>is ideally suited to the storm gods.

Including Shargash? ;-)

>Why are there Silver dwarfs, who specialise in enchantment, if this is
>Uleria's metal?

To the dwarfs, all metals are from Mostal.

>What is the link between Silver and Lunar Elements? Why is
>silver the basis of most monetary transactions?

It appears that the Red Goddess and the Storm (and/or Star) deities/ancestors lay claims on silver now and then.

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