Re: Disease questions

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_TTyb8IOpJofxESHl0IQqhH4kpuimdng2RRwzznxWb_0esxovIR7MnUMek8CihyjnKzl>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:27:10 +1300


At 03:09 p.m. 22/12/2008, you wrote:
>Would Yelm "delegate" [spreading disease] to a less savoury servant
>(Shargash?)?
>
>I imagine Yelm punishing by withholding protection, or by permitting his
>servants to let disaster escape from the Underworld rather than to rain down
>sickness himself.

Apollo wasn't delegating so why should Yelm? Similarly the God of the Old Testament doesn't seem to have any inhibitions with using disease as a punishment.

--Peter Metcalfe            

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