Namaste all:
In my campaign, I've been exploring in Vithelan myth through the lens
of an intrepid (but loony) group of Lunar Missionaries and
Heroquesters. The Dream World has features prominently in the game,
with the Black Mirror and fallen dragons being some of the most
dangerous villains. One of the Heroes has become a full on Dreamer,
striving after Elucidation. In the last HeroQuest the heroes
undertook, she met Thella after going through Mashunasan's Gates of
Truth and Transience.
I've been referencing "Revealed Mythologies" and "Tales of Reaching
Moon #17" as my primary sources on this important Dream Goddess. Some
version portray Thella as the White Moon, who only exists in dreams.
She is venerated as Oren Parond, the emanated power, or Shakti, of the
Greatest Mystic. Others have her being a Goddess - The White, or
Glassless, Mirror, who can penetrate the veil of nightmares to reveal
the dream truth. And some have her filling a very Arachne
Solara-esque role of holding together the entire cosmos with her net
of dreams. (Which reminds me a great deal of Indra's Net of Jewels..)
My nouveau God-Learner hypothesis: Thella is a Lunar power!
Let's look at the facts.
* Oren Parond is Sorcerous Veneration
--
-Santo
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."
Received on Mon 02 Apr 2007 - 21:17:20 EEST
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