HeroQuest & AntiHeroQuest

From: TERRA INCOGNITA <inarsus-ferilt-z_at_mrg.biglobe.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:44:46 +0900

HEROQUEST
Theist, Shamanist, Mystic, Logicians each have original ways and technics to use system of world of God and Heros. Some Cultures have revered Heros and used them as Foci of community and One union: Some culture has frame & limit for their use with strict code : In Brithini Land, Knight (Talar or Holar Heroquester)s always must accept guidance of Zzabur and wizard Caste except Talar Hrestol & Holar Arkat. (Many apostates modelled their act without Quest.)
- - (Dwarves use them as maintenance tools even in Symbolism of More Magical Condition World: ) Some Cultures use similar (but not same) ways and their heros can shift from One Hero Culture to Another (as First Inventor Arkat) make temporal heroplane maps. Eastern Mysticism and maybe Kraloric "Dragonewts" admitted only one personality or with some disciples in these condition (FREX, utility of Liberation Bolt and Jerema Madoon) without mandane folks. And some ways in one culture are forbidden and blasphemous ways for another culture. (FREX orlanthi Lightbringer's Quest for Trolls, God Learnish taxication to Arkati explorers, etc...) Nikk Effingham suggested some cases in his personal site. Perhaps division between Theism & Mysticism or Logical Sorcery may exist around there.

LIGHTBRINGER (reverse: Hill of Gold Quest?) Many people memoried once "Sun" (you can call source of Light and Warm with Any terms: Ehilm, Yelm, Emperor, Ersonmoda, Maluraya, ....) ruled Golden World (later became Blue and Black) and lost in Hell during some period. Why and what restored this condition? Dragon pass residents and GLs remember "I fought we won" Brithini believe Tactics of Zzabur, Dwarfs plans reconstruction with this first condition, elves teach self sacrifice of Ernalda? Aldrya? Arroin? made "Flower Bringer" to replace. In Time, this heroquesters can return from Hell with precious treasure as Golden Bright Sphere if the succeed.

1. Orlanthi Culture : Very and Maybe Most Important: Note that Harmast used this quest twice, but first he return with Arkat Humaktson (later he double-crossed) , second Talor Laughing Warrior (that was fail for Harmast) See KoS, Argrath used this quest for Revival of Sheng Seleris, but he cannot use this system one more time when Chaos God completely ruled Lunar Empire: because he knew Harmast use twice and "failed": Trickster
2. Earth and Elfish Culture: IMO, best source is in Sumerian & Babylonian "Inanna or Ishtar", current Gloranthan localism and cultural anthropologism perhaps never admit Orlanthi lightbringer. Pharaoh Belintar used this root when he was killed in Esrolia: Dedication
3. Lunar: Seven Mothers (Consruction of Rufelza) and HonEel (creating Children of Sun contest with Reverend Horse Mother) used "Distorted Version" of LQ in Orlanthi Vision: Dream
4. Other Cultures: Imther Lightbringer are Polestar Arahar and Lightfore Lagavar (& Trickster Orlanth) in New Lolon Gospel. In Pelanda, Seven High Gods (Entekos) accepted this role: Justice?

5)Anti-heroquest: Trolls, maybe Trollish Dead wants Banishment of Sun from their Wonderhome (and they can return without trouble as "Golden Age") Darkbringer's Quest? Malkioni always are skeptic for Barbarous way for Quest, and see it as Krjalki Act as when Dorastans created Pseudo-Sun Gbaji
(Luciferous False) and want to disturb it.

DRAGONSLAYER (reverse or same UTUMA)
Lord Dunsany short writing on"Sacnoth" is still useful source for preparation ritual slaying Very-Big Lizard. Some Dragons in other cultures often has element contact
(See Issaries Site DRAGON PANTHEON document) so Vedrus killed Enkoshons,
Orlanth killed Aroka & Sh'kaharzeel, Arakoring killed Drang, Yelm killed Burburstus, Murharzarm killed Nestendos, etc..... Alienic Dragons sometimes want to commit suicide and participate in world entanglement. (UTUMA) Maybe human dragonslayers prompted their secret desire to do it. World Dragon became world itself in Draconic sense, and Dragons can feel Time as Many dimensional sense.

1. Kralorelan used same Dragons for Dragons, Sheng Seleris perhaps was seen as AntiDragon as ShangHsa: Wisdom
2. EWF, Saird, Carmania?: strike their weakpoint (Sword of Dragonbone?) as old Folktale Hsunchen Great Spirit Hykim used by GL concept
3. Elemental Dragons: induce their Utuma with their voluntary will or unconsciousness.

CULT OF ENTEKOS
: Tolkien-style Work for Goddesses?
In Greggery Term, first Dendara was wife of Yelm after he had abandoned infidel Ernalda. And two goddesses both belonged to Earth Pantheon (This condition was still used in Yelmalion Regions.) - - After that Greg got drunking in Dara Happa Work and Patriarchy made Lodril replaced to Dirty Ground Position of Oria and Yelm became husband of Planet
(I doubt some chinese source influence from it.)
In Orlanthi term, Mother of Daga Molanni, concubine of Emperor was Nasty Entity as her son. Enlarged World pushed Great Wind Empress over outside Area of Western Dara Happa. Jernotian High Gods Idea (I point out Jernotians
(Karasal Satrapy)

call "Dendara" as one of them and IMO, she was wife of Idovanus at least in Carmanian Imperial Syncretism & Goddess Area of Peloria made "Feminine Orlanth" and complicated Mysticism.
In Entekosiad, as Valare Confused she as Sedenya. "Entekos" became aim of her heroquest & illumination, maybe "Lightbringer".

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