RuneQuest Daily: Stream spirits and River Gods

Stream spirits and River Gods

From: Neil Robinson (nrobinso@sirius.UVic.CA)
Date: Sun 03 Oct 1993 - 20:43:23 EET



What? Who said that streams don't have spirits. What about the Zola Fel? Many other river spirits and gods are described too.

Thinking about the Zola Fel brings up an interesting question. Being a river, it exists on the normal plane, but being a god, it is also on the god/hero plane. By expanding this, we can see the Zola Fel on ALL planes, but in a different form, I guess.

Now for my question: which rivers are gods, and which are spirits? I would guess that the more worshippers, or the larger the river, the better chance it has of being a god.

By this definition, all Gods are really just powerful spirits that gain additional power from their worshippers, and the mundane/spirit/hero/god planes are really different parts of the same place. We 'digest God-Learners' just have trouble understanding the concept.

Neil

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