> > Shouldn't that technically be "..Impala, Herdman, Sable"? Do we not
> > list the tribes by beast?
> No, we do not. The Morokanth have never been referred to as the "Herdman
> Tribe of Prax".
Yes, we do. The Morokanth are beasts. Just because they happen to be intelligent beasts with herd animals doesn't deny their beast-nature. Just look at them! They're covered with fur and have no thumbs.
Alex
> Nils and I demonstrate that if you line up all the Eastern Experts end
> to end, you _still_ don't reach a conclusion...
Somehow, to get a conclusion I think you need enough Eastern Experts that you can line them up in a circle, if you know what I mean.
> I don't even know "who" the Invisble God is these days. Current
> texts seem to have innumerable dudes, all of whom have titles like
> "Malkion the [X]". Like, about four or five of the li'l beggars.
I believe the idea is that 1) at different points of mythic time, Malkion did different things and gets different titles (a vague similarity to Yelm the Youth vs Yelm the Elder); 2) human understanding of the Creator has changed over time.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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