Madlands gods - Page 4

MrTim · 03-06-2018, 09:57 AM

As for the metaphysics of the dead, I hadn't given it much thought. Clearly death is necessary, but the Thirteen would be about preserving life if we're not twisting the source material too much. Maybe the honored dead become Companions of one of the Thirteen in the afterlife? That seems more thematically appropriate than granting one of them a special power over the souls of the dead.

Hm. Maybe the fertility and psychopompic aspects are actually taken on by the mystic Hall of the Gods, itself an independent entity loyal to (or possibly directing?) the Thirteen. Doorways to the Hall can appear anywhere, but are always blue, of course.

MrTim · 03-06-2018, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Phantasm

As this is a culture that is more about outwitting evil than it is defeating it,

Indeed. "The triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism," as Craig Ferguson put it.

Daigoro · 03-06-2018, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MrTim

Indeed. "The triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism," as Craig Ferguson put it.

Is this the pantheon of the Thirteen Talk Show Hosts?

MrTim · 03-06-2018, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Daigoro

Is this the pantheon of the Thirteen Talk Show Hosts?

No, but if you Google that quote you should get it.

~~evileeyore~~ · 03-06-2018, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MrTim

No, but if you Google that quote you should get it.

There isn't nearly enough death and regeneration in this pantheon.

MrTim · 03-06-2018, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by evileeyore

There isn't nearly enough death and regeneration in this pantheon.

I haven't exactly gone into great detail on the myth cycle.

MrTim · 03-06-2018, 10:38 AM

I do wish I knew more about Eight. I've read a couple of his novels and seen the TV movie, but I don't have any familiarity with the audio dramas, so I don't really know how he developed.

Andrew Hackard · 03-06-2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Rhinos don't look much like horses but that's how they got described back in Europe, I think.

You're thinking of hippos, I suspect; hippopotamus is literally Greek for "river horse."

Steve Jackson · 03-07-2018, 07:33 PM

But for all I know they described rhinos as horselike too. Early European ideas of taxonomy were imprecise. Leg at each corner? Can't milk it? Doesn't bark? Sounds like a horse to me.

AlexanderHowl · 03-07-2018, 08:32 PM

Now that would be a specialty product for the insanely rich to obsess about. Imagine the cost of cheese made from Rhino milk? It might make people more willing to save the creatures rather than hunt them down for their horns.

03-06-2018, 09:57 AM	#31
MrTim Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Re: Madlands gods As for the metaphysics of the dead, I hadn't given it much thought. Clearly death is necessary, but the Thirteen would be about preserving life if we're not twisting the source material too much. Maybe the honored dead become Companions of one of the Thirteen in the afterlife? That seems more thematically appropriate than granting one of them a special power over the souls of the dead. Hm. Maybe the fertility and psychopompic aspects are actually taken on by the mystic Hall of the Gods, itself an independent entity loyal to (or possibly directing?) the Thirteen. Doorways to the Hall can appear anywhere, but are always blue, of course.

03-06-2018, 10:38 AM	#37
MrTim Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Re: Madlands gods I do wish I knew more about Eight. I've read a couple of his novels and seen the TV movie, but I don't have any familiarity with the audio dramas, so I don't really know how he developed.

03-07-2018, 07:33 PM	#39
Steve Jackson President and EIC Join Date: Jul 2004	Re: Madlands gods But for all I know they described rhinos as horselike too. Early European ideas of taxonomy were imprecise. Leg at each corner? Can't milk it? Doesn't bark? Sounds like a horse to me.

03-07-2018, 08:32 PM	#40
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Madlands gods Now that would be a specialty product for the insanely rich to obsess about. Imagine the cost of cheese made from Rhino milk? It might make people more willing to save the creatures rather than hunt them down for their horns.