Genert Pantheon discussion

From: Ian Thomson <IThomson_at_groupwise.swin.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:34:37 +1000


Me:

>>>Julian Lord came up with the brilliant idea that there is a shadow
of the Genert pantheon still operating in and around Pavis This makes so much sense, since Pavis has installed himself (according to Greg) as a Spirit within the Genert traditions So I need to work out what deities were in the Genert pantheon, especially those still active:
Sun - Splendid Yamsur (now a remnant as Bright Treasure) Air - Orlanth (he and Genert made an agreement - O gets that air, G gets the ground - same as in Pavis)
Issaries (some kind of link due to the Desert Tracker 'curse') Aldrya?
Eiritha
Ronance
Three Bean Circus
Father of Independents?
Oasis Spirits<<<<<

(as you will Scott does not agree with all of the above)

Scott Schneider:
>>>This makes perfect sense to me also.

Pavis is a microcosm of Prax-conquered peoples, invader deities, indigenous spirits and growing malignancies all compressed into a relatively tiny geographic area with virtually no room to expand.

I imagine that Pavis tried to recreate the original Genert Golden Age (and
let's not forget Tada and his High Tumulus, which the Flintnail Cult MAY have been trying to tunnel to after all of these centuries : or Jaldon - or
Whitebull - who may be avatars of Tada in some form or another.

In doing so, Pavis tried to "collect ?" as many of the pre-Waha deities as
possible. If I remember correctly, Pavis went to the Paps and made peace with the priestesses there; it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to surmise that he was able to obtain contact and allegiance to some of those pre-Waha fertility spirits like Ronance, etc., in exchange for loyalty to the Paps. From a
consistency point of view, I would think that only those spirits STRONGLY
linked to the earth would be present in Pavis, so I would exclude Father of
Independents and the 3-Bean Circus (more the former than the latter).

Specific Deities-

Yamsur - Agree
Orlanth - not there during the Golden Age (or not important - I would think
this is misapplied worship - Orlanth was just a pup during the Golden age -
i would opt for any of the older Air Deities- Umath, Vadrus, etc) Ernalda or Eiritha
Aldrya for certain
Mostal, in some form (misapplied worship through Flintnail) Issaries and Lankhor Mhy<<<

I shall be investigating further :)


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