Alex:
>
> > Again with an eye on the Red Emperor debate, I think that if
> > a mortal takes on aspects of a deity it's a case of heroforming,
> > while a god who forms a body out of whole cloth makes an avatar.
>
> So, Krishna's _not_ an avatar, then, since his body was made by
> 'usual method'? Surely this just proves that the means can be
> as indirect-seeming as one wishes?
Oopsie, I didn't finish my train of thought there. Krishna was
born of a woman, that's true, but he was an avatar from the
beginning. I don't think you _become_ an avatar.
Nils Weinander
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