>
> just a thought that may be appropriate here: has anyone checked out the
> similarities between voria and persephone? both spring goddesses,
> persephone alse conneted to... wait for it.. sewing.
>
> persephone was sewing a veil for her mother, demeter the grain / earth
> goddess, when she was carried of by pluto into the underworld. the veil
is
> supposed to represent the surface of things that is draped over the divine
> reality underneath - the veil is the solid, physical, material world of
the
> senses. whilst sewing it persephone became confused, took the material,
> physical world to be the real thing, lost sight of the divine world
> underlying the fabric she was weaving, and so died (carried of by pluto).
> (this is a sufic interpretation)
>
> then there is the business with the pomegranets and the earth pleading for
> her release or it will die, and she is released for half of the year. so
> she comes back in spring and departs in winter. usual stuff.
>
> perhaps the sewing connection is not just the mundane household variety.
is
> voria a manifestation of gloranthan fate, weaving out the destiny of mens'
> lives? or she part of the creation/destruction of gloranthan reality in
way
> we haven't yet begun to appreciate? can anyone develop links between the
> myths of persephone & voria?
>
> anyway, grist for the mills of others minds
>
> guy
>
This feels deeply correct, as Voria was the herald of the released gods when they were released from Hell at the successful conclusion of the Lightbringer's quest and the reformation of the world under the great compromise.
Could perhaps Voria be a manifestation of Arachne Solara?
Chris Bell
argrath_at_xsite.net
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