Re: Solar Ernalda

From: donald_at_QXGNFnP4pEOw4u4EaIsACcKUzYa-rw_1gwD03l4hgHeFg-IHX6HnEsenY7lCmVmBwlJSu
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:57:39 GMT


In message <35eaf6120704160537q2d2b8c11iae1c9a07954548b6_at_ggwg2U_kqqsltAa6iFuHNZZ9HrzzA0kiNPoI9XlBzaMWDNO2u2QSzezujjl4SXHpGLTV5o-CT_9BYVFAXUp5vzzJgwcNQEMVMKcTtJGQcHt2DJu32hldp6fwSD1uXB55Vy8.yahoo.invalid> "Santo Sengupta" writes:

>Namaste all:
>A quick question:
>Is there a reason why the Yelmalian's don't worship Oria instead of
>Ernalda? They seem to have more mythically Dara Happan roots.

Yelmalians don't worship either Ernalda or Oria. Their wives worship Ernalda because she is the earth goddess who myth says married Yelmalio. Oria is Lodril's wife and whereas Ernalda has many husbands Oria has only the one.

There's a fair bit of mythological overlap between Dara Happa and Heortling cultures - basically both Storm and Fire tribe gods married Earth tribe goddesses. Women take their roots from the Earth Tribe rather than the Fire Tribe or Storm Tribe.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/

           

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