Yours idea is quite interesting and some weeks ago I tried to something similar although easier: fit each angel with its corresponding dragaeran house. >From: "Jon Carey" <greyw01f at hotmail.com> >To: Dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Gods >Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 01:13:42 +0000 > >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Dale vida a tu correo. Con MSN 8 podrás incluir fotos y textos increibles. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=es-es&XAPID=517&DI=1055