From: Stephen Martin (ilium@juno.com)
Date: Sun 03 Aug 1997 - 00:29:38 EEST
Time is stated in Cults of Terror (I believe) to be an actual deity.
An ancient article in Wyrms Footnotes 4 gave the following info about
time:
"TIME is called the Weapon of Ghani, the Backbone of Kara-polor, the
Invisible Nail, the Eater of Entropy, and the Great Compromise. Like most
other of the Laws or Powers of Glorantha it is rarely worshipped, yet is
always present: a permanent part of the cosmic fabric. It is the product
of all the gods, although the seven (or eight) Lightbringers are usually
called its parents. The Children of Time's Body are Powers and Forces,
like Springtime, Evening, or Age."
Somewhere in the depths of ancient publications, a name is given which
may be an actual name for the "god" time -- I'll try to look this up
soon.
It is interesting to note that, at the Battle of the Four Arrows of
Light, the Lunar hero (?) who delivers the Third Arrow for the Red
Goddess is described as "Kana Poor, Scribe of Time, and Wielder of Age".
No mention of him is made later in any source, though I have pointed him
out to Greg a couple of times.
I make an assumption that Kara Polor, of whom Time is the Backbone, and
Kana Poor, Scribe of Time, are probably related to each other. I wouldn't
state anything beyond that, however. Note that Kana Poor delivers his
arrow at High Noon, that he delivers the light of the world, and that
there is an implied association with Truth.
Stephen Martin
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