Re: The Glorantha Digest V8 #526

From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:24:07 -0500


Andreas Gustafsson opines:

>How come this 'S' guy comes up so often? He just seems like a badly concieved
>mega powerful one-idea god for whom all is destruction. I have a hard time
>seeing his worship develop evolving in any naturally society. What's so bloody
>interesting about a god of destruction anyway?

        If you can get your hands on Enclosure 1, there's a lot more to Shargash than destruction. Wesley Quadros' site (http://www.celtic-webs.com/glorantha/) has some stuff on Alkoth and Shargash.

>And, yeah let's ban 'mysticism'. Nobody seems to understand it anyway, I sure
>don't!

        When you do, though, that's when the real fun starts.... Anyway, mysticism is no duller than discussions of sonar, windmills, Heortling marriage practices, or Uleria. Everyone has their own hobbyhorses to ride....

Peter Larsen
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