> > Yinkin dies awakening Orlanth so that Orlanth can
> > continue the Lightbringer's quest, and Orlanth's gift of food to
> > Yinkin is just a parting gift on the off chance that the cat god
> revives.
> >
>
> Besides, Yinkin _is_ a cat. And cat's have nine lives, right?
>
And given cat's abilities to sleep long amounts of time, and appear
asleep but be awake, and disappear for long periods of time and then
come back, it would seem possible that there is/was real ambiguity
about Yinkin's death.
And given cats' abilities to get into odd places, it might be normal for Yinkin to eventually have hunted some of the last prey into the underworld, rather than dying per se. But once down there he probably could not return until the dawn--but the effect on his followers may have been different than if he'd outright died.
--Bryan
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