Re: Re: Gods verus Spirits, and more.

From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 16:08:58 +0300 (EET DST)


On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Peter Larsen wrote:

> Mikko Rintasaari says:
>
> >You see the problem is, that the heorlings actually worship their
> >Alynxes, and their gods sometimes speak through them.
> >
> >This certainly seems to put them on a different level than the bobcat.
>
> The Heortlings worship their cows as much, if not more than, alynxes. To a
> lesser degree, they worship baskets and finely carved wooden objects. Not
> to mention grain. The gods aren't in everything, perhaps, but they are in a
> lot of things. So why should this make alynxes super-special?
>
> Peter Larsen

They are neat and otherworldly. Why diminish them down to terran bobcat analogues?

That's what it ultimately comes down to, I suppose.

        -Adept

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