Re: Red Goddess and Compromise

From: David Cake <dave_at_0kSrWYrXiC6TzstRGFnZhEBGQJ69GSqlE5N3HRAAEFEL0o4CeV4tWOWxJqKLcKxYv1CWUs0>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 03:24:48 +0800

On 07/12/2011, at 3:00 AM, Peter Metcalfe wrote:

> On 12/7/2011 2:21 AM, jorganos wrote:

>> 
>> What proof is there that the Red Goddess wasn't part of the Compromise?

> Gods that do not appear in the Orlanthi myths are not part of the
> Compromise.

Gods that are not part of Orlanthi myth are not enumerated by name, but the Ritual of the Net is said to include all the deities, specifically including foreign ones.

>> Given her identification with several of the lesser planetary "sons" of Yelm, I find it highly unlikely that these were absent from the Ritual of the Net (from an Orlanthi perspective).

>
> Again the Orlanthi don't see the enemies with that amount of detail.
> They would be lucky enough to pick out their particular rival but
> compiling a order of battle for the Fire Tribe? They are not God Learners.

Conversely, if the Orlanthi do not precisely list all the enemy deities, then the exclusion of any given one is of limited significance.

The Ritual of the Net is an Orlanthi myth that describes, among other things, why the gods are the way they are, including foreign gods explicitly. It doesn't list all the foreign gods, but the vast majority seem to be limited in just the ways the myth suggests anyway.

Cheers

David