> 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....
Nils:
> 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.
Indeed, or as I may put it, guarding Yelm on his journey. Making sure he
is up to no treachery when he travels over the lands of Orlanth's tula.
-Adept