>Something that's been bothering me for a while -- Shepelkirt is described
>in TR as an ancient enemy of Orlanth, the "Blood Moon," and an aspect of
>the Predark.
>Based on the GRoY, the Red Moon is [a rebirth of] a rebel sky god
>(guardian of the most northerly of the Decopolis), pulled down for denying
>the supremacy of Yelm. (I may have some details wrong here, GRoY is
>elsewhere).
That's correct (although there are other stories of the Moon's downfall). But she had become a rebel long before (since Umatum appeared).
>Furthermore, the Red Goddess only picked up her chaos associations during
>her quest for oneness (healing Gbaji?).
You are confusing between what the Goddess did in her incarnation to discover herself and the grand cycle of the Goddess. The incarnation picked up chaos associations because they were really part of her all along.
>So who's this "Blood Moon?"
The Goddess when she was Red. Originally she was white, but when Umatum appeared, she dipped beneath the horizon, saw Hell and came back red. Thus tainted, she taught her knowledge to her people (centered on the city of Mernita) and that is how the Orlanthi originally knew her.
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