Re: Re: Alakoring vs Heortling vs Vingkotling

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:22:46 -0400

Henrix wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, KYER, JEFFREY wrote:
> > But the word god is (possibly) not quite the right one -- it will
> > certainly work on Daimones (servant in latin, I think?) of gods, esp
> > those in the Storm pantheon.
>
> No, no, Greek. It is a general word for spiritual or semi-divine beings,
> including, but not exclusively, evil spirits, demons, devils, etc.
>
> Interestingly, Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek also has it as the
> "souls of men of the golden age, acting as tutelary deities" and "the Divine
> power".
>
> It can also be a personal Genius (so as to explain a Greek word with a Latin), a
> sort of guardian or tutelary spirit.
>
> --
> Henrix

In that case, the word describes the theistic critters very well! I was just paging through Anaxial and read the umbroli section -- often they are powerful Orlanthi experiencing a vigorous afterlife.

And the really big ones can be worshipped...

Jeff

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