>What they fail to realise is that this is simply the
>latest stage in the sory of the goddess, a stage that she will
>ultimately transcend and leave behind. When she does, they will be
>stuffed.
This is true (as far as I know), and nicely put. There is a strong suggestion that the intentions of the Goddess and the intentions of the Empire (including Her Son) are not entirely congruent. The Luner erro could come from having their Mojo pulled out from under them, but it seems kind of mean for a nice goddess....
>Of course, but an Uroxi cannot access Orlanthi storm powers that
>are not part of Urox. Also, Orlanthi cannot behave like Uroxi and
>use their powers in the same way because they are bound by all the
>other baggage that comes with Orlanth - e.g. social responsibility.
>An Orlanthi that behaves like an Uroxi, and tries to use his magic
>in the same way all the time, will be greatly weakened because he's
>carrying all the mythic baggage that says Orlanth doesn't do these
>things. As a result, it's meaningless to say that they are the same
>god.
But this is my point. Urox and Orlanth are separate things (at least on some level; they are both Air), and Elmal and Yelm are also separate things, despite both being the Sun. Elmal isn't a face, mask, avatar of Yelm, so the essential concept of Sun-ness must be somewhere "above" both of them.
Peter Larsen
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