From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Fri 19 May 2000 - 03:27:07 EEST
Nils Weinander:
> Vithelan Maluraya is not seen as a supreme deity. He is just
> the servant deity in charge of the physical manifestation
> of the sun. Since he has such a material position, he is
> not an important god in the larger scheme.
I liked the way you put that (Rule One be blowed...). Especially
as it admits the possibility (nay, likelihood!) that the sun has
one or more other mystical or figurative meanings or purposes.
Not that they're quite so obsessed with it as some places I could
name...
Cheers,
Alex.
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