From: alex (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Fri 08 Jul 1994 - 21:51:31 EEST
Graeme Lindsell):
> >but I don't see why people would believe it to be "not time",
> >unless they have some reason to.
> Why? people can believe some really strange things.
But they generally have _a_ reason (or more), however weird.
> As for as
> I can see, they don't believe it to be "not time" (ie they think
> it's causal), but not Time ie the Gods were unbound. Why they
> believe Time should bind gods is another matter.
But rather closer to the one I just asked. Why would people suppose pre- History to be acasual, or timeless, if they had a single historical, or apparently historical account of it? One thing this suggests to me is that the Theyalan belief in Time may result from the 1st Council's own reconciling of distinct, if not contradictory, myths. That this seemingly _didn't_ form a single causal thread further suggests that the monomyth doesn't not fully or properly reflect such distinct beliefs. (Since the Monomyth itself is basically causal.)
> >Except that it would limit resurrectees to those linked to the Fire rune,
> >and extend to (possibly only) those who'd been dead for more than seven
> >days.
> Please explain how Arkat and Sheng Seleris were bound to the Fire rune.
Arkat wasn't _resurrected_ by the LBQ, though. I don't know if he has a connection, as such. SS's link to the fire rune is fairly logical, what with him being a Pentan shaman, who're wont to do things like "swear upon the Burning Lance".
> A short side question: the Malkion, son of a Storm God and a Water Nymph
> stuuf. Is this actually believed by the West? I can't see them saying their
> Prophet was descended from a False God. It seems to me that this is another
> God Learner concept, perhaps an attempt to put Malkion into the Monomyth,
> where he could be more easily manipulated.
Or more straightforwardly, just the theists trying to annoy 'em. The first "combined" myths were the Theyalabns, after all.
Alex.
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