> At 11:02 AM 2/19/2001 +1300, you wrote:
>
> Good points both. Peter and Olli.
>
> Even more important than whether it was a GL version, a early draft when
> even I was figuring things out, or alternate views of a single entity, is
> the fact that she is part of the much older Gloranthan Court. I think that
> the idea of a "temple ot Uleria" is alien to Heortlings.
Damn you people, I'm supposed to be writing an article! *smiling*
Ok, I'll pitch in. I agree on that temple of Uleria thing. I think the orlanthi acknowledge Uleria in the same way that they acknowledge Glorantha, and Aracne Solara. In old, old stories and myths. Dawn of the world kind of stuff. She is (IMO) definitely not a goddess of Heortling prostitutes (which I don't think exist anyway).
I think Uleria is a great power, but one that doesn't actually get worshipped in an organized fascion. There can be sacred places to Uleria, and devoted people. But for inspiration on the rare worshippers of Uleria, I think about the most high class courtesans of ancient greece. They werent prostitutes you could buy sex from, but intelligent and respected women. They were the only women that men would talk to as equals, and just going to dinner with one was an honor, and something that would get you respect and admiration.
Uleria is no small thing, and woe to him that makes her angry. For inspiration on how to see the Goddess of Love as a great power, I recommend Mika Waltaris excellent book, The Etruscan*, I think the translation is called.
-Adept
*The direct translation would be "Turms, the Immortal", and reading this book will make you wonder if mr. Waltari was infact a nephilim.
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