From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu 04 May 2000 - 02:28:30 EEST
Nils Weinander:
> I prefer to use avatar in a Gloranthan context to mean a
> partial manifestation of a deity, something done by a deity
> who, due to transcendent nature, restraint by the Compromise
> or otherwise is not able or willing to be immanent.
Interesting clause, that last! Mind you, one has to set the
How do people think the different forms of 'identification' differ
'transcendence bar' pretty low for this to be strictly consistent
with existing usage, vis frex Yelm/Antirius. (Emerson!)
from each other? Is heroforming vs. divine devotion vs 'avatarism'
a different primarily in 'scale' of object, or is the distinction
more a matter of Method?
Cheers,
Alex.
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