> From: "Andrew Solovay" <asolovay_at_rubberducky.com>
> Andrew Larsen writes:
> >
> > On a closely related topic, do the Heortlings
> have a myth
> > about the first kinslaying?
>
> Hrm... Orlanth killed the Evil Emperor, who was
> Orlanth's uncle. Death was
> still pretty new at the time. Was this the first
> kinslaying, from the
> Heortling POV?
Yes and no.
Yes: Orlanth killed a kin but outside the clan, the
pre-tribe. Yelm was not a member of Orlanth's
clan/hall/tribe whatever.
Still, via the celestial court pre-myth, Orlanth was
Yelm's cousin (Orlanth as son of Umath, Umath as son
of earth and Sky and Yelm as son of Sky).
IMO, logically speaking, Umath was the first kinslayer
because he "separated" (e.g.killed) earth and sky to
make space for himself and so (incidentally) allowed
space for moon (invisible) but also invoked chaos (the
void beyond the celestial court).
Alternatively: Umath altered the celestial court
original balance/kosmos and so invited chaos to enter.
BUT the court had "space" for him and allowed both (chained) Umath/air and (invisible) Sedenya/moon. Chaos was invited "in" but kept at bay "out" by the "Original" Compromise "intra" the celestial court.
BUT AGAIN Umath had sons and daughters because he was
chained but not annihilated (only chaos can annihilate
gods) so could still (ehm) reproduce.
Umath's sons and daughters were not bound by the first
short-sighted compromise.
They acted FREELY.
Orlanth killed Yelm and weakened the first compromise. Lesser Darkness.
Someone killed / defiled / offended the Unholy Trio
and *they* made the Second Unholy Compromise: they
invited chaos in the world to kill/annihilate their
divine kin.
Greater Darkness.
Orlanth understands his sin, accepts it partially
(kinstrife can destroy/annihilate gods and also entire
tribes, so if Orlanth admits his guilt fully and also
his father's guilt fully, Orlanth practically destroys
the tribe, the gods and the last hopes to defeat
chaos).
LBQ.
Orlanth *and* IFWW use Responsibility via the Great
Compromise and that is Time, Hope, Novelty a.k.a. the
only weapon that can keep Chaos at bay again: not
destroying it because it is Void and no heortling god
can fill the universe so as to "kill" void.
The Dawn and the start of Time. The Age of
Responsibility, of cause and effect, of
irreversibility begin. The Ages of
recurrent/cyclical/lunar Wars follow.
Are the cycles eternal? None can say.
Not yet, anyway: but in the Hero Wars...
Ciao,
Gian
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