Re:Uleria and Orlanthi law

From: Andrew Larsen <aelarsen1_at_home.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:03:17 -0600


> From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_mail.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Uleria
>
>> Since Uleria is a goddess of community, she
>> seems like a natural patron for the creation of new communities.  Perhaps
>> her worship helps bind urban communities together.  Perhaps she can also
>> bind a disperate community of ancestors together.

>
> Far be it from me to interpret Mr. Metcalfe (he can do that for himself),
> but I think the point here is that Uleria is not (or is not seen by the
> Heortlings to be) a force of community. She is harmony, but that's within
> one person or perhaps between two people, not on the level of community.

    In Gods of Glorantha, one of her rune spells specifically assists communication among members of any community. So I think it's safe to say that on some level she is a goddess of community. She oversees forces which unite people. Carnal love is only part of that.

> From: "John Hughes" <nysalor_at_primus.com.au>
> Subject: Re: Humakt, Urox and the Law

>
> * If a trickster be hidden from those who seek her, then five cattle, and
> the trickster to your keeping.

    Letting the punishment fit the crime...

Andrew E. Larsen


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