Re: Death and Heroquesting

From: Andrew Larsen <aelarsen_at_facstaff.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:06:30 -0500


> From: Julian Lord <julian.lord_at_wanadoo.fr>
> Subject: Re: The Truth
>
> Andrew Larsen :
>
>>> When he's in Hell, he's dead. When he returns again, he isn't. (Though he
>>> would still be Death). Resurrection taboos don't apply when you are
>>> following in the footsteps of your God.
>> 
>> There's some disagrement about this, based on other responses to the
>> question.

>
> Not much disagreement IMO.
>
> Variations in expressing the same basic idea, more likely.

    Some people on the list say that Humakti heroquesting to the Underworld is a one-way trip. This contradicts what you say above. Hardly a simple variation.

>> Being Dead in the Underworld when you're questing there
>> just doesn't feel right.

>
> You don't *have* to be dead to quest in the Underworld, but it helps.
>
> Each specific Underworld Quest has its own specific 'rules'.

    I'll buy this point, but overall, it still feels wrong to me when Greg says that heroes in the Underworld are necessarily dead.\

Andrew


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