Re: Connecting the dots between Anilla and Zaytenera

From: julianlord <julian.lord_at_A2ao6kVCXpW4onY27zD9pRk4MgdBEmT0r8ZRCbIM4FN41vrcb_llPMMVBeMh9gE5>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:32:49 -0000


hcarteau :

> I have just gotten a copy of Questlines II, in which there is an article by Greg
> Stafford about the mythological "history" (cycles) of the Moon Goddess. It all
> starts with Zaytenera (calle Verithurusus in this old article), an unmoving
> white planet who begins follwing (elopes with ?) Umatum. If we follow GRoY
> timelines, it happened "only" 75.000 years ago, 25.000 years after Yelm was
> enthroned after separating from Ezelvetay the All. Even if these perfect numbers
> all allegorical, there is a strict timeline here.
>
> What I'd like to know is, if there is one, the connection between old Anilla,
> who "shone her blue light over the battles between Dragons and Giants", before
> the Green Age, and Zaytenera the virginal White Moon. Any takers for this
> question ?

IIRC, that article is written from a Solar point of view ; and your proposed "Zaytenera called Verithurusus in this old article" is actually a bit dubious, as there is no guarantee whatsoever either that these two are the same entity, or that these various Moons are even the same Moon in different guises, despite the contents of Solar and Lunar myths claiming this to be so.

"before the Green Age" is also a bit flakey. :)

The _God Learner_ point of view, for example, might be that all of this is just illustrating a natural devolution from the ideal and unique original Moon into a certain number of lesser Moons, different to each other in nature and powers and identity.

Another point of view is that 3rd Age Glorantha has at least two Moons ; the one big red obvious one, and the other being the invisible Blue one only sometimes visible as the blue streak.

So it would probably help to tell us which point of view you're needing as an answer to that question ?

Julian Lord            

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