From: Bob.Luckin@tiuk.ti.com
Date: Fri 02 Sep 1994 - 14:19:38 EEST
Hi from Bob Luckin !
Pam Carlson asked (X-RQ-ID: 5949) :-
> Does anyone know where the story of horses' devolution from birds can be
> found?
I think the fullest explanation I have seen is in Wyrms Footnotes 11, p26, in Greg's article on Yelm...
Yelm's original steed was King Griffin. After Yelm was slain, King Griffin quarreled with other light gods and his children withdrew themselves from being slaves to people who rode them. One of the feuds was over the treatment of King Griffin's favourite child, Hippogriff. Yamsur, one of Yelm's sons was allied to Hippogriff by oaths of friendship, but in several fights she was abandoned by him and hurt.
First Storm Bull broke her fangs out of her mouth, and she could no longer bite.
Then in a fight with Maran Gor her legs were broken and her claws ripped from her feet. However Yamsur was able to replace her feet with hooves.
Later, Zorak Zoran tore off her golden wings and thus she could no longer return to the sky.
Later still, she was broken by Hyalor Horsebreaker, a mere mortal (however, he claimed descent from Yamsur, so this defeat was perhaps apposite). He rescued her by changing her name and identity to Hippoi or Horse, and since then her descendants have worked more for man than man has worked for the horse.
When Yelm rose again, Hyalor accepted him, and he and Hippoi prospered in the early years; this was the origin of the Pentan Nomads.
Hope this helps !
Cheers, Bob
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Bob Luckin voly@tiuk.ti.com "Able was I ere I saw Corflu"
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