>But please note that the 7 days thing is a Heortling cultural
>thing, not necessarily universal. In other cultures it could be
>1 day, 3 days, 10 days, whatever. Also note that certain
>individuals may take a longer or shorter time to move
>beyond the pale. And in some other cultures (some Eastern frex),
>resurrection may be impossible as interfering with the cosmic
>flow of life, death, and rebirth.
Maybe and maybe not. I know that when I first discovered the seven days I was thinking of the body decomposing and of the souls slowly slipping away. And please note that freezing the body might save the decomposition, but not the souls slipping away. And also, that the 7 days is an "orlanthi always."
>> The writeup of Chalana Arroy in Storm Tribe has only the sisters of
>> Mercy subcult knowing the 'Secret: Resurrect Other ritual'.
Correct.
>>Also, it
>> says the 'quest is part of the Lightbringers quest' which could imply
>> either that resurrection is only possible during a light bringers
>> quest, or that it uses the parts of the Lightbringers quest which are
>> applicable to Chalana Arroy/resurrection.
My intent was the latter.
>> But this led me to think, what would other healing deities do in
>> respect of resurrection?.
>
>Most living deities have some small ability to do this, because
>most of them died and returned to life themselves : emphasis
>on "small" : most healing deities have powers to heal the living,
>but no special powers to return people to life : in fact,
>it's possible they'd have less power to do so, if they survived
>the Chaos Age thanks to their healing powers : they would know
>nothing of death and how to return to life.
Excellent point. My intent was to restrict resurrection severly.
>Powerful heroquesters can relive the myth of their own gods'
>death and attempt to return to life in that way.
Yes, their own life, not other's.
>> Chalana is also worshipped within the Sun
>> pantheon...
>
>Sort of. I think it's more a case that they know of CA,
They also have a similiar goddess of their own who may or may not be CA.
>An important thing is that there's always some ritual price to be
>paid, often to Humakt or Havan Vor, so they can let the person
>be not-dead again. Someone has to sacrifice something important
>so that the resurrectee can live again.
>If not, the quest is a failure.
Nice touch.
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