So, there I was, thinking about religion, cause I'm a philosophy major and I'm in a course that's analyzing the nature of evil..and I think, well, what about the Gods in Dragaera, cause I'm really really bored, and I can't read any Brust books because I'm so damned busy reading Govier, Neiman and Arendt. Basically, I was reading about Jesus (being the answer to the question that the story of Job poses us) and I was thinking, hey wait, if Dragaera is connected in some way to TRIH, well, could it be that the gods are just angels of a higher order than the Dragaerans? And so I started thinking, purely whimsically, that each god was a character >from TRIH. Now, I'm fairly sure that this isn't the case at all--first and foremost reason beign the Jesus simply doesn't appear (or hasn't YET *jarring chord*) in the Dragaeran novels. Therefore, the angels that were concerned with the mythology of earth can't be concerned with the history of Dragaera. But then, I think, well, that's not necessarily true. So, just because I'm bored, I'm trying to correlate the Gods, and what we know of their personalities, to angels we meet in TRIH. I don't yet have LOCB but I do have POTD so I will be drawing pretty much all of my information from there. And maybe _Taltos_ For Verra, the closest thing I can come to is Lilith. Keep in mind that the effects of Cacoastrum can explain the change in form that is evident in the description of the various gods. Also keep in mind that the arguments against these correlations are legion, and that this is sheerly for amusement. Proceeding, then. If Verra is Lilith (and I can't find any reason to change their names either) then Barlen must be Lucifer, and not Satan, because Satan must be Trout, being the undisputed wisest of the Fallen. But then, Barlen is described as "the most powerful of all the gods" and also fits the bill as Verra's ex lover, and this entire email is too complicated. The Dragaeran gods are not angels from TRIH, or, if they are, they're not the ones that TRIH is concerned with. We need more traffic on the list anyway. I miss the 50 posts a day. Jon _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail