> Same thing during the Heroquest. The bridge guarded by the giant who knocks
> people into the River of Swords. My guys will probably try to fly around
> him.
>
I think the mistake here is imagining that the Other World cares about physics rather than myth. The station in the myth is that there is a river of swords (which is fatal) and a guardian who throws you in if you can't answer his questions/deal with him/whatever. If the characters can fly, perhaps the "river" will appear as an "endless wall" of swords. The point of the quest is to address the qualities that the guardians/stations address.
Inanna has to disrobe to enter the Underworld; running past the gate keeper is a failure, since,without disrobing Inanna has not undergone the transformation to prepare her for the next station....
Or that's my take on it.
Peter Larsen
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