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>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sure, but why do two (apparently) different sons of Orlanth have the same
> name?
> >
> > 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).
>
Correct
>
> 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).
>
Probably not, as that is quite distant from his natural form. I can imagine somewhere up in Carmania where there is a protector of some sort, who appears as the ram, as the he goat, as the bull, as the lion and as the sheepdog, And there is a statue of that Protector somewhere, with a name, and with all those animals about his feet, awaiting his commands...
But it isn't Voriof.
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Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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