Re: Red Goddess and Compromise

From: Jeff <richaje_at_tgmmPwiYNRkWjdhUJhHGf4w3q-bpPzeLJ6Z4a6zctGJpm7G3c1g-WykEcSxDl23LJ7tV>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:30:33 -0000

> Yes. The Orlanthi claim the Ritual of the Net included all deities, but they only mention the ones they have a name for by name. They know the names of Magasta, Subere and Flamal, even though they are foreign deities, so they get a mention.

This is correct.

> To make it clear - I think the Orlanthi think that all (non-Chaotic) gods around at the Dawn were part of the Ritual of the Net, even if their own native mythology has no record of it. There are a bunch of good arguments for believing the Red Goddess was not part of the Ritual of the Net (such as her own mythology says she was elsewhere, the omens at Castle Blue, that she assumes her godhood within time, and so on), but none of them are in the Ritual of the Net myth itself, which says nothing either way.

Again I agree. The reason the Red Goddess is not part of the Ritual of the Net is that she includes and uses Chaos. Very self-evident to all. The Lunars accept this and the Orlanthi fear it.

Jeff