> If the example of Vinga means what I think it does, Finovan could
even be an
> historic figure--i.e. a raider who was so skilled and famous that
he was a
> worshipped hero, and eventually developed a mythos which
identified him as a
> son of Orlanth. (e.g. Every time he enacted an impressive
heroquest, the
> heroquest's source myth could end up identified with *him*. He was
enacting
> the "Orlanth Raids the Emperor's Herds" myth in a heroquest, but a
thousand
> years later, people know it as the "*Finovan* raids the Emperor's
Herds"
> myth.)
Could be. Or he was a son of Orlanth that did all the above. We
will never know.
> Since (as I understand it) all the magic in a god's pantheon comes
> ultimately from the Great God, I suppose there really isn't much
difference
> between a "son of Orlanth" cult and an "aspect of Orlanth" cult,
or even a
> "hero mistaken for a son of Orlanth" cult. Ultimately, it all
comes from
> Orlanth.
Exactly. Not really worth splitting hairs about.
Jeff