Re: Voriof (once was Bee Goddesses)

From: bryan_thx <bethexton_at_L3fysxnjYzhq202NH_8ODH_EKnJRDgheq6sAveL05pZP6fVcYxpU-VSUgzgOW5kiPU>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:23:58 -0000

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> Sure, but why do two (apparently) different sons of Orlanth have the same name?
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> Richard Hayes

Both ram and shepherd are Protector of the Herd, just in different forms.....and for gods, function >> form from what I can tell. Look at Odayla, is he a man, a bear, hunter or hunted? All of them....he is The Hunt in all of its aspects (at least as centred around bears).

For that matter, in some more distant (non-Heortling) Orlanthi culture, where sheep are important but alynx are not, I wonder if Voriof would have a Dog aspect? (as in a sheep herding dog).

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> --- On Sun, 21/3/10, Jeff <richaje_at_...> wrote:
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> From: Jeff <richaje_at_...>
> Subject: Re: Voriof (once was Bee Goddesses)
> To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 21 March, 2010, 13:05
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> Voriof the Ram is a son of Orlanth and a mighty four horned ram that thunders through the sky.
> Voriof the Shepherd is a son of Orlanth and a young god who tends the cloud sheep.
> And so on.
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> Jeff