Good question, although I think you mean the Godlearners who were not the same as the EWF. Possibly they used a fragment of deity and then made it into something. It's certain that they were deeply surprised when one of their made-up deities (can't recall the name: in Umathela I think) turned out to be as real as the ancient ones they had perverted. Perhaps something on a higher level of reality than theirs decided to teach them a lesson.
> I mean, where did Gbaji come from?
From the pseudo-cosmic egg that was found in Dorastor in the First Age. His nature (we believe) was set by the First Council's efforts.
>I understand the Moon
>Goddess better, in that the 7 mothers started off with some raw material,
>right?
>
>Another you guys are talking about that I don't get - the great compromise
>froze the god's ability to change? They don't have free will? Really? So
>what do they do all day? Are they in time now? Or still outside and looking
>in? Can they talk? Do they "want" / "need"? I just don't see how a sentient
>being can't change.
'All day' doesn't mean anything much to them. They do and are doing everything they did during the GodTime, continuously, simultaneously and all the time. They do interact with time but in a way that is totally incomprehensible to most mortals. They are in and with their initiates, priests and devotees and know what they know. But if they were to change (and perhaps some of them have) they would redefine the bits of the cosmos that they control and that might be a Bad Thing.
>
>Can the gods talk to each other? I am not so much concerned with whether
>they manage to get dates for Saturday Night as much as I wonder what the
>weltanschauung is... How does Malkion deal with there being all these
>pantheons wandering about? Do the Kralori dragons interact with the Praxian
>deities...?
Malkion doesn't seem to very active although some of the later Prophets and Saints may be. The dragons interact with the rest in the same way the mystic world interacts with the other worlds which collided to make the cosmic melange that is Glorantha....
>
>Is there a detailed epic of the Lightbringer quest published anywhere?
Nope. Wish there was.....
>
>Thanks,
>Michi
>
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 2
>From: "Davison Nick" <N.A.P.Davison_at_greenwich.ac.uk>
>Organization: the University of Greenwich
>To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:59:39 GMT
>Subject: Modern walktapi
>Reply-To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>
>In South Korea a fad is Nak-ji or live octopus. To serve correctly,
>the octopus should be kept alive until you are ready to eat, then
>chopped and served immediately. If done properly, the suckers
>should stick to the mouth momentarily before losing pressure.
>
>The Times (London), page 19, June 10th.
>
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>
>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:21:16 -0700
>To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
>Subject: Re: Gloranthan versions of 'Lovecraftian' adjectives
>Reply-To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>
>Stu
>
>At 03:08 -0800 03-06-12, glorantha-request_at_rpglist.org wrote:
>> Ogygian, Cyclopean, Stygian, (non-) Euclidean etc.
>>
>> Obviously, King Ogyges wasn't around in Glorantha (as far as I know), =
>> and I doubt the principles of pleasing geometry were defined by =
>> Euclid...
>>
>> Any thoughts on particularly resonant adjectives (and their etymology) =
>> which might be used to speak of things ancient, antiquarian, =
>> architectural, massive, infernal, foul or just plain strange in =
>> Glorantha?
>
>Having never heard of Ogygian (or Ogyges), I fear this approach will
>make Glorantha even less accessible.
>
>I'm sure Gloranthans do this, however. An obvious example is
>"Alakoring" the adjective, derived from "Alakoring" the person. I
>imagine "Urgraini" is used (from Bad King Urgrain, though his name is
>never uttered without "Bad King" so perhaps not).
-- Michael Cule --__--__-- End of Glorantha Digest
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