From: Michael Cule (mikec@room3b.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue 30 Jul 1996 - 07:18:47 EEST
Stephen Stair he want to know:
> Re: Aye and Bee
> If Aye is still alive because it was not a descendant of
> Grandfather Mortal, doesn't that imply that Grandmother
> Mortal may also still be alive. And if she is not, how
> did she die? Did the Death of Grandfather Mortal kill her
> as well? Why?
Well, firstly this tale is highly heretical. Secondly it is told by a
Trickster who has managed to write his own deity into a central position
(do you really want to contemplate the idea that Trickster is responsible
for the present human race? Oh, I don't know though.....) Thirdly,
Aye (or Androgeus) is still alive because no-one has managed to kill him/her
yet. This is a superhero who has been alive since before the Dawn. I'm not
saying that killing Androgeus is impossible just bloody difficult.
And fourthly, the whole Daka Fal/Grandfather Mortal myth is a compendium
created by the God Learners out of dozens of local myths, some of which mention
Grandmother Mortal and some of which don't. I think most likely either she
dies of a broken heart after the first Death or she goes off and becomes someone
even more mysterious.....
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Michael Cule
Actor and Genius
AKA Theophilus Prince Archbishop of the Far Isles
Motto Nulla Spes Sit in Resistando (Resistance is Uslesss)
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Better Living through Pan-Medieval Anachronisms.
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