From: Peter Metcalfe (metcalph@bigfoot.com)
Date: Thu 09 Dec 1999 - 03:25:52 EET
Bob Stancliff:
Me>> Why would Uleria want to negate the Disorder of the Boggles? Their
>> nature is good for the existance of the Cosmos.
>The myth in KoS says that the other goddesses tried to marry the Boggles
>first, but they couldn't withstand the natural Disorder power.
The myth is in Wyrms Footprints and you still haven't answered
The Boggle race was of Disorder, and Disorder was the
the question. The myth does not imply that the Boggles had
their disorderly powers negated by Uleria. In fact, it goes
so far as to state:
first seperation of the world from the void. This
gave them great power against chaos, which they had
already fought and defeated when they were first made.
Urged on by Uleria's pain the Boggles hastened to
staunch the tide of evil which followed the destruction
of the Spike.
Wyrms Footprints p38.
If Uleria had negated the disorder of the Boggles, then they
would be useless against chaos.
>Only Uleria's powers of Love could resist the Boggle's Disorder.
I don't see any resistance from Uleria in the myth. She
_embraced_ them instead.
>IMO this power had to be based on Harmony, so Uleria's powers of
>Love should stem from the Harmony rune, not Fertility.
You do notice that Harana Ilor does not appear in the myth?
>So Chalana Arroy should specialize in Fertility, and Harmony
The reason she doesn't is that Disorder is intrinsically opposed
to Harmony and thus trying to impose harmony on the Boggles
would have done nothing. Larnste also doesn't appear because
he's opposed to Acos.
>should be secondary.
Then why does she have no fertility magic?
>Also, take a careful look at which cults resist and teach against the use
>of violence; Earth cults like Ernalda, and most importantly, Challana
>Arroy, who requires vows against all use of force.
Ernalda does not abjure violence and has asked Orlanth to
>These views and vows are a living opposition to the power of
Chalana's vows could easily stem from an opposition to disorder
>As a side note, if Uleria really possessed Fertility/Infinity, then her
beat up Daga. Harana Ilor, the original Harmony goddess,
was used by Umath to destroy the Demonic Howling Void.
>Death and must logically stem from a tie to Fertility.
and violence rather than death. Disorder destroys the harmony
of the body and so must be opposed.
>so Uleria bastards would be overrunning most cities.
Umm, it's specifically stated in the prosopaedia that Uleria
was the Goddess of Life but is now the Goddess of Love, in
other words, she has been changed.
- --Peter Metcalfe
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