> >Doesn't the old "Wandering Sun, Jealous Uncle..."
> >poetic challenge imply kinship? If Yelmalio is the son
> >of Yelm, he's Umath's (half-?) brother and hence
> >Orlanth's uncle. It fits.
> I'd go for full brother rather than half brother because Yelm
> and Dendara are supposed to have the perfect faithful marriage.
> Of course if Umath is Yelm's illegitimate son by some other
> goddess that explains a lot. Including the fact that DH sources
> try to pretend Umath and his descendants don't exist.
Galgarenge, the Gryphon Goddes from Yelm's Wedding Contest myth.
She wanted to be the empress by the merit of bearing a fine son. But it was not truly his child. (GRoY p10)
We might be talkin' about Yelmalio's momma here.
-Topi
...and maybe some parts of Yelm like Antirius/Vrimak did the fatherin'.
"There is nothing like desire for preventing the thing one says from bearing any resemblancce to what one has in mind." - Marcel Proust, Rememberance of Things Past - Received on Fri 05 May 2006 - 16:55:49 EEST
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