Peter Larsen:
>
> Is it possible that Elmal is only associated with the sun and not
> the sun itself? In the myth, as I recall, Elmal receives the solar torch
> from Orlanth at the Dawn, so he isn't the solar torch himself. Perhaps he's
> more like Phoebes, the charioteer who drove the sun in some Greek myth (I
> may be spelling this name wrong, and I'm working from an extremely fuzzy
> memory, so I could be mistaken). If Elmal is the sun's driver (or its
> light), the sun can be something else. Maybe Elmal gets credit for using
> justice to keep the sun in line, preventing excessively hot weather and all
> that....
I like that image: ever faithful Elmal accepting the dreary
task of dragging an old enemy, the decrepit Emperor, across
the sky every day, without a word of complaint.
Nils Weinander
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