Re: Re: Pavic magic

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_...>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:47:10 +0100

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 08:57:52AM -0000, Ian Cooper wrote:
> In another conversation, in another time and place, I suggested that
> Pavis probably had a common religion called maybe 'The Seven
> Daughters' (or however many their where) which probably had magic
> from various Pavic sources: some Sorcery from Flintnail for use when
> working with stone, some Zola Fel charms for boating and fishing etc.

I must say that I like this approach; it strikes me as a good deal more sensible than coming up with ever-more-intricate grand cosmological ideas about why a given entity must be a source of common magic, or a source of some otherworld-specialist magic, and never the twain shall meet.

Bottom-up, and not top-down, if you will.

> Heortlings might worship be initiated into Orlanth and Ernalda but
> worship The Seven Daughters instead of Flesh Man.

I'd think one might even be able to mix and match fairly readily. (Between the latter two, that is.)

Cheers,
Alex.