> The God Learners were not always wrong in their knowledge and under standing.
> Uleria is not one of their constructs.
> More likely, the existence of Uleria into historical times was one of
> the things that could have inspired the GL to bend their inquiries
> towards the monomyth.
That is good to know.
> Uleris is one of the basic, essential buyilding blocks of the universe.
> She is also one of the very, very few of the "celestial court"
> entities to survive the God Wars, Darkness and into historical times.
> She is a vast, perhaps incomprehensible entity encompassing all kinds
> of love and desire. When she is worshipped as the goddess of
> sexuality, she has been diminished to only one of her tiny aspects.
Are the Celestial Court entities all God-World beings? From reading the entry in Anaxial's Roster on Tlintae, it seemed that partook equally of all 3 otherworlds.
> > One of my players asked if Uleria was worshipped in Teshnos, and while
> > I am certain She is, I'm not sure about any of the details.
>
> Love is certainly acknowledged in the east! Not as Uleria, but then,
> of course not. Uleria is the Orlanthi name for her. And I'd say that
> certainly She is worshipped someplace. I am sure that, somewhere,
> there is an island in Vithela that is Her island.
Along with her Mystic Cities, like Zoria and the like. In my campaign, I've introduced Zorazed, a Teshnan variation reached by navigating a maze of shifting magical gateways.
> > their Goddess Kab Vanarana Sa ("She is Love!").
> From whence this entity? I've not found her in Revealed Mythologies.
>From HeroQuest Voices. Sadly there is not very much in RM that is
directly applicable to Teshnos.
>From that:
"We are different in that our bodies are dominated by the flames of
Great Somash - He is Life! - while women's souls are dominated by the
fuel of Kab Vanarana Sa - She is Love!"
"Kab Vanarana Sa is the Great Goddess. Her nin hundred daughters provide us with sustenance and health. All of the products in this shop and warehouse are gifts of a daughter, and all things that are worn, eaten, or known come from more daughters, and all the pleasures and troubles that a person can make are her daughters."
In my Teshnos game, I've been using Samkhya Yoga philosophy in regards to Purusha, the Cosmic Man, being associated with Flame, and Prakriti, the Primordial Nature, being Fuel.
> > One possibility could
> > be that these two goddesses are in fact the same. Uleria could be one
> > of KVS's daughters, or perhaps her mother. (Or both, depending on who
> > you ask..)
> In general, Uleria is no one's daughter except Creator/Creatrix...
Does Uleria have surviving children?
> > It seems to me that
> > the East Islanders don't know of Uleria, but the Gods Iste and the
> > Goddess Yothenera fill that cosmological role (and the Cosmic Dancers
> > Majadan and Erdires)
>
> Of course the cycle of Desire and The Desired, with its pursuit and
> multifarious resolutions, is repeated over and over.
Unless one follows the Kambolic or Sivolic paths, and can integrate/achieve unity with the Cosmic Lovers.
-- -Santo "Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."
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