> >> Not a good example. The parallel would be if the Nativity story said
> >> that Jesus was given gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but didn't say by
> whom.
>Me> Which happens to be the case in the gospels. Is our knowledge of Jesus
> > be increased, diminished or unchanged?
> Hardly. Although the Nativity account does not mention their names or
>say how many there were,
In other words, these details were unimportant just like the identity of the person who beheaded old Durbaddath.
> Using your approach to the text, all it would say is "Jesus was offered
>gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh" (or something close to that.) That's
>why it's a poor example.
Wrong - I pointed out the identity of the person who beheaded Durbaddath is as unimportant as the identity of the Magi. Since you are engaging in hyperbole by saying that more information is given about them than many other gospel figures and that the episode "significantly" heightens our understanding, I shall just restate what I said before - that their actions have no larger significance. The entire story could be forgotten and our understanding of Jesus and what he taught would be unchanged.
> > Why? Because the old mindset has gone, there is nothing to
> > _connect_ Durbaddath's worshippers to it.
>It would be useful for _us_ to know,
But the whole point is that because the Durbaddathi cannot know who beheaded Durbaddath, the position could be filled by _any_ heroquester with an axe or guillotine.
> > Who else would be telling the myths of Durbaddath? The Dara
> > Happan mythology is known and Durbaddath is absent in the
> > definite Plentonius edition save for a single chance mention on
> > the Gods Wall.
>So, what you're saying is that what is known right now about Dara
>Happan mythology is the sum total of all that will ever be known
>about Dara Happan mythology?
The Glorious ReAscent defines what the Dara Happans see as important in their mythology. Lions and Durbaddath do not figure whether you like it or not. Given this, it's improbable to believe that the Dara Happans would care about the relative status of minor cults during the reigns of long ago emperors. Most of the mythology of that period is teased out from the myths of the minor cults themselves.
--Peter Metcalfe
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