> > IMO the Orlanthi refer to daimones (a Malkioni term IMO) as
> > godlings.
>
> IMO the Orlanthi refer to daimones as spirits.
>
> > An 'ellorgaest' is a spirit from somewhere else.
>
> Yes, this is the sort of word Heortling would use to talk about what
> shamans deal with -- a spirit from somewhere else. I.e. not a spirit
> from the God Plane.
Agreed. Certainly in campaign play we continue to use the word 'spirits' for theistic entities. As the search continues, I might mention one other word that we also use to describe godlings: Powers.
So if we're attempting to construct a Heortling vocabulary of divinity we might have three layers:
The Great Gods: Named Gods, Thunder Brothers, War Women, etc.
Minor Gods: Godlings, Powers, 'Spirits', Hearth Gods, Umbroli, Air Tribe, Earth Tribe, Sons and Daughter of Air, the Os, Veti, Alf, Dis etc.
Spirits: Ghasts, Fauls, Ellorghast.
A tentative beginning only. Please tear away.
John
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