Apollo and the OTG share some characteristics with Yelm, but I'm convinced there are some significant differences too.
2008/12/22 Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_rpxO0aqEx0MwbYc4sHTtGDkfr1ytYV1GaBJRhAlLZEdqNqOV2xZm9pPNgOV0BeYPwjkTY0PMlxwB8_W0-vUtDJ4g5jkN.yahoo.invalid>
> 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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