From: Colin Watson (watson@computing-science.aberdeen.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 22 Jun 1994 - 21:01:54 EEST
<Snicket> [The sound of a crossbow being cocked] Nah, Mostali don't use Smilies. :-)
>If all decision-making ability was taken
>from the gods by the Compromise, then how does one explain the events
>connected with the Lunar Goddess?
Which events?
BTW I find, when reading myths (especially those set after Time begins), it
gives an interesting slant if you insert "the cult of" before each mention
of a God's name. When it says "Orlanth did this, Orlanth thought that"; try
"the cult of Orlanth did this, the cult of Orlanth thought that".
Before you know it, the battle between the gods becomes a clash of cultures.
>How does one explain the destruction of the God Learners?
Does anyone know anything about Janax? (as in "Janaxian Extermination of Ideas").
>And what makes you think a Troll could become a Yelmalian simply by
>performing normal initiation rituals?
Well, she could possibly get the magic attributed to Yelmalio by this means
(is this what you mean by "becoming a Yelmalian"?).
Of course, any prerequisites of the ritual must be fulfilled.
It could be that the ritual which works for a human won't work for a troll;
in which case a pre-ritual may be required where the troll changed herself
into a human (somehow...).
Magic is a quirky business: It might depend upon race or gender; you might
need six legs, or horns, or opposable thumbs to perform a ritual properly. But
if you can meet all the requirements then the magic will work. This is
the way the gods decided to make it. These decisions were made in Godtime.
The Compromise prevents the gods changing them within Time.
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CW.
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