RE: Yinkin, Schroedinger's Cat-God ?

From: Paul Andrew King <paul_at_morat.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:06:01 +0100


> > But the myth in KoS describes Yinkin as "murdered" (p87). So the
>> simplest way to reconcile the two is that Yinkin was killed after
>> thawing Orlanth. But that doesn't seem to deal with the idea that
>> Yinkin survived.
>
>Where was the reference that had him surviving? Could it be ambiguous?

It's not absolutely certain, but the description of Return Day (ST p185) does imply that Yinkin was one of the Living Gods.

Of course it is always possible that orthodox Orlanthi mythology says that Yinkin died, while Yinkini mythology says that he survived.

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"The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of 
immortality.  More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals 
in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala 
Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.


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