> <snip>
> The main reason I'm so skeptical about the God Learner (and possibly
> Zzaburite) maps about the Spike in the centre of the world is Mountain
> Stories up at http://ginnajar.com/new/myth/mountainStories.html . There
> according to the Holy Country different mountains are created in
> likeness of the one Spike. The second mountain is the Mountain of
> Lodril in Peloria. The third mountain (actually two) is the Mountains
> of Light and Darkness created by the Second Dragon and is in Kralorela.
> The fourth mountain:
>
> The third deity which stirred to make a mountain was Harana Ilor,
> who we know now as a Goddess of Harmony. She sat upon a slope of the
> Spike, and reached out her right hand and invoked the power of
> Innocence. As a result of her desire, her mountain was inverted, and
> made instead a deep hole whose volume, say philosophers, exactly
> equalled the volume raised by the mountains that were made before.
> Later on this huge pit was filled by water and became known as the
> Pool of Serenity.
>
> Rather like Magasta's Pool, isn't it? Only that this is during the
> Creation Period of glorantha whereas Magasta's Pool is created after the
> Spike exploded. My first reaction is that how could Belintar be so
> wrong? The second is what other evidence exists for this? In Revealed
> Mythologies, the Artmali are said to have settled the Camp of
> Innocence. Precisely the power that was used to create the Pool of
> Serenity and we all know which planetary body actually goes down through
> Magasta's Pool.
>
> What about the body of water (whose name escapes me) near the Artmali area
- and Mt Sakum? It continues to exist even after the Sky Dome tilt burns the
southern coast of Pamaltela, which might imply that it is wicked deep. It
could be that Belintar conflated Sakum, the sea/lake, and the Camp
of Innocence.
-Kevin McD
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