Peter put it very nicely here:
>Because Maize is no ordinary grain but the gift of the Blood Sun.
>It grows best in the rains of blood which fall only when the Blood
>Sun shines (and have not been seen for some millennia). In the
>light of the Quiet Sun, maize still requires blood to grow.
>
>Maize is no ordinary grain for it grows on rocky soil in Bliss
>in Ignorance, sustaining the too many Ignorants there. In the
>fertile soils of Peloria, it far outperforms other grains by the
>bushels _if_ fertilized with blood.
>Several other people pointed this out. Thanks, I link Tarsh and the
>Shakers pretty closely; I wasn't thinking of the wider worship of the
>Earth. Ernalda is "She-Who-Waits?" Really? Or is she one force that can
>fill that spot and, in other situations, another god would fit? (Or,
>because HonEel is so Earth-focused she finds Earth in the position of
>"She-Who-Waits.")
The equation of She Who Waits = Ernada is a HonEel construct or discovery that she used to screw the Tarshites. It is possible to "force" substitutions this way in HeroQuesting.
>The avatar part is the thing I missed. Thanks. Is Yara Aranis also
>an avatar?
No, absolutely not.
>Is there a First Inspiration, or is that the Goddess herself?
It is Glamour.
>How about a Fifth? Sixth?
Not yet. JarEel is the latest.
>>That is because JarEel is just starting on her career.
>There's more blood to come, then?
Gonn Orta sized buckets!!
> When Argrath summoned the dragons at his utuma ritual,
>he was King of Saird.
and of Dragon Pass, and Tarsh, and Esrolia, and...
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #237
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