Re: Speaking of....[Re: Idea on gifts and geases]

> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 20:01:52 +1200
> From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_2aC3_lTWIeyeH9bpq-5X2BsVtka7AB9T7iSbKlCur5iw59mG9KPh0Blv7-F7RFj9-1sj4OBTS4QNV3VZjEM.yahoo.invalid>

> Bryan Thexton
>
> >They always
> >struck me as a little odd, given the otherwise very standardized
> >nature of the Yelmelian cult, or for that matter most solar cults.
>
> Yelmalio is not a standardized cult. The cultic description for
> him is really valid only for Sun County while Dragon Pass will
> have a lot more Heortling elements (and Balazar different
> altogether).
>
> >Does anyone know if there is a mythic background to why all
> >yelmelians get these random gifts and geas?
>
> Not really a mythic reason.
> I don't think the Yelmalions think it's a case as you act like
> _this_, you get _that_. Instead they view the "random" nature
> of the gift/geases as being what Yelmalio deciding what is best
> for the initiate. Obeying the geas and receiving the gift are both
> meant to help him become a better Yelmalion.

> Yelmalio is actually an old cult. In Prax, it's been there since
> the Second Age.

And has had plenty of time and changes of faction in charge to debase the "proper" rituals, a consequence of which could well be a level of randomness creeping into the results of the gifting and geases. Though the cult will of course insit that it is Yelmalio's Will.

Adam             Received on Wed 05 Sep 2001 - 14:28:08 EEST