In message <20050328211457.SSXZ10174.aamta07-winn.mailhost.ntl.com_at_master> "Jane Williams" writes:
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>> >Ah, I see. Is there a single theme regarding all underworld entities?
>> >Perhaps that it's about dark? Darkness Magic? Black Magic, maybe?
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>> Underworld Cults are associated with Darkness and Hell (or
>> should that be the Hells, plural ?).
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>And just to confuse the matter further, Humakti "know that Sword Hall
>contains the entire Underworld within its vast, dark halls" and "doors
>inside the hall lead to the underworlds of other gods." (Storm Tribe
>p89)
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>Humkat seems to have a link to the colour Black, but not to Darkness as
>such (Humakti swords shine with Light, not Darkness).
>
>Then again, p 92 says "Humakt created the Darkness so that he could
>better tell the good things from the bad, for only he could see clearly
>by the Light of Death".
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>And if you can understand that lot, I suspect you're either a Devotee of
>Humakt, or Illuminated, or both :)
>
>I have a nasty feeling that either the entire Underworld thing is way
>too complicated, or that we're overlooking something very obvious.
Assuming that "hells" are within the Underworld then it's clear
there are several Underworlds or it's a generic term which includes
all hells and darkness related places.
I'm basing that on the fact that Sheng Seleris is incarcerated in
"a Lunar Hell" which implies there are religion specific hells and
the Lunars have several. I seem to remember other refereces to
plural hells as well.
The idea that Humakt created Darkness seems to me to be a human
viewpoint. Trolls know that Darkness is the natural state of the
underworld and obviously predates Humakt meddling with death in
the Storm Age. Troll Humatki probably have a myth where Kyger
Litor gave Humakt the power to use darkness to help him fix the
problem he created.
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Donald Oddy
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