>From Thunder rebels:
"Twice Yavor cut off Umath's head. The first time Umath nearly
extinguished Yavor, but the second time Yavor extinguished himself
and thereby escaped unharmed. Yavor cut off Umath's head and made
deadly darts out of his brain after Jagrekriand killed the old god.
During the Gods War, Orlanth at last came face to face with Yavor. After a long struggle he disarmed Yavor, cut his head off, and imprisoned his parts as the lightning weapons."
Maybe head taking wasn't always required to take a power, but certainly it seems to be one way to do it, especially if you want to make weapons, rather than just taking the power into yourself. Of course, maybe Orlanth was just getting poetic revenge when he did to Yavor as Yavor did to Umath?
--Bryan
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