>When a deity is worshipped by multiple races, does their iconography
>portray
>the deity as a member of their own race? For example, when Torkani or
>(human) Kitori worship Argan Argar, is he a man or a troll? (Actually he’s
>not actually a troll either, is he? He’s some sort of Darkness spirit, I
>thought.)
The iconography may well be very abstract, but basically the worshippers form their experience of their deity from their own experience.
In case of the Kitori, they experience Argan Argar as man and troll.
Both trolls and humans agree that Inora (aka Norag) is the epitome of female beauty (though neither fertility nor fecundity). Align that...
Yelmalio and Halamalao are quite different in perceived shape. Worshippers agree that they have something in common with the other worshippers, but have a hard time explaining this.
Sea Gods generally are perceived as triton-shaped, even by their human worshippers. The exact fishiness of the upper body could be perceived differently.
Kralori dragons are perceived as man-shaped by the humans. The dragonewts don't tell.
Cheers,
Joerg
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