From: johnjmedway (jjm@zycor.lgc.com)
Date: Wed 15 Sep 1993 - 04:08:03 EEST
>> From: address.removed@nowhere.tld (G. Fried)
>> Subject: Shamen are real mans, Man!
>> X-RQ-ID: 1590
>>
>> For reasons stated in the last Daily, I don't think a separate list is
>> necessary for Glorantha-gossip. Thanks for offering us all your time and
>> effort, but I, for one, do like the combination of subjects. And I also
>> think the Daily is like the Hero Plane -- if you put in enough of the right
>> kind of effort, you can influence what it is. That makes it flexible enough
>> for my tastes.
So, were there 7 of us who asked the questions which brought Nick back into the world?
>> From: C442196@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Newton Hughes)
>> Subject: red moon
>> X-RQ-ID: 1593
>>
>> 1. The subject of Vinga brings to mind Babeestor Gor and Gorgorma -
>> What is the defining difference between those 2 anyway? (The
>> cult write-up of Babeestor Gor at the soda site seemed to
>> endow her with attributes more appropriate to Gorgorma.)
My take on it:
Babester Gor is vengence from a position of power and duty, though the net write-up seems to imply a change from the _duty_ of the avenger, toward a powerful uncontrolled rage. Gorgorma is the vengence of the raped and powerless, the down- trodden, the hungry, the tired, the weak, ... the local under- ground resistance.
>> 3. It would be nice for those outside the Glowline to be able to see
>> the Red Moon; I'm not sure it's so bad that people within
>> couldn't see the phases. You don't want the peasants going
>> nuts every week when they see the moon go dark.
But then the whole concept of the Lunar cycle is detached from Lunar religion and philosophy. They wouldn't refer to their history in "wanes" if there wasn't a constant reinforcement that their way had such periodic phases, on all levels.
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