Alex:
>
> Nils Weinander:
> > IMO, the eastern
> > pole star deity could be the same as the Pelorian one.
>
> Please put your 5 kronar fine in the 'object identity' penalty
> box... There are any number of things one might mean by such a
> statement, some more sensible than others: are we speaking of
> 'interoperability', of sharing a Platonic Ideal, of actual manifest
> equivalence, of some degree of 'cognateness', or...?
Let's not get into a debate about the possibility of us
drawing objective conclusions about the identity of these
entities, as we won't agree this time either...
Just two notes:
- I did write _could_, meaning to imply a fair amount of
uncertainty.
- One way such "object identity" could turn out (I'm not
saying this particular case has to fit here) is that
two heroquesters from different cultures questing to
their respective deities end up meeting the same figure,
albeit seeing it in different clothing so to speak.
Nils Weinander
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