Re: Uleria

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:02:41 +1300

At 16:58 18/02/01 +0200, you wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Peter Metcalfe wrote:
>
> > Uleria tames the Boggles (described in AR) is stated to be an Orlanthi
> > myth, not a Heortling myth. There is more to Orlanthi than the Heortlings.
>
>KoS:
>
>"Goddess of Love, she is the most ancient deity living, and the reason
>that the world was saved from destruction."

That is a Prosopaedia created by a 4th age author. Uleria does not appear anywhere else in KoS which one would expect if the Heortlings acknowledged her as a love goddess.

>I admit that Heortlings could think that she is the Goddess of Lust instead,
>but then I'd have to figure out a reason for that.

Why do you need a reason? Uleria's not worshipped by them, she's known to be worshipped by prostitutes, ergo she is a lust goddess. You could say the same about any peaceful Lunar Goddess...

>Why would the Heortlings think otherwise. Dara Happan influence?
>No appreciation for love?

I don't see how this follows. Merely because they don't worship Uleria does not mean they abjure love.

>Or is Orlanth/Ernalda the only bond that they will tolerate in
>their society? I don't think so.

Breaking this bond is adultery and grounds for outlawry. Failure to punish adultery means the clan will be punished by the Gods.

--Peter Metcalfe