Draconism

From: Gian Gero <giangero_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:09:12 GMT


>>Dragons are the wandering monsters of the godplane. The gods have
motives and objectives, they have a reason for being. Dragons are nature in the raw, yet they are still spiritual as well as physical beings.

I don't subscribe with this POV.
To me, especially in my Glorantha, the main difference between Dragons and Gods is that (simply):

Gods need worshippers, mortals who do the dirty work in their behalf.

Dragons don't need anyone, neither Dragonewts. Dragon Friends try not to appease Dragons in order to get their favors, but instead they try to understand Dragon motivations in order to deceive and force the Dragons to do or to give what they wish.
Dragonewts are not Dragon Worshippers, they try to emulate/evolve into true dragons, but they can't simply go at the mass and say: "O Grandfather Dragon, help me in my anguish: make me more perfect..." etcetera. Dragonewts know this kind of things doesn't work with dragons.

Ciao
Gian



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