Re: The Bat

From: Nils Weinander <nilsw_at_ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:27:53 +0200


Keith N:
>

> Can anyone answer whether there is a link between Mahaquata, the bat winged
> goddess of death (the assassin of Murharzarm) who hangs upside down below the
> cube of the earth, and the Crimson Bat who hangs upside down somewhere
> presumably (under the moon?) when it is not flying around.

IMO there is. The Bat is a monstrosity, summoned/created by the Red Goddess, not a natural bat warped by chaos. It seems quite fitting that this demonic being took a shape in the mundane world which could symbolize death and destruction to its summoner, steeped in Pelorian myth as she is.



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