Ali the Helering

It is made of iron, so I would expect no Darkness Rune.....

I really don't see how such a being could become that god

An implicit problem with RPG religions is that we tend to approach them from the point of view of utility - a cynical rather than faithful approach. People in the ancient RW generally became members of the city and nation cults so that they indicated who they were, and so that they could uphold the social structures that defended them. Merchants don't worship Issaries/Etyries/Lokarnos for utility, but because they are the gods of their profession. I don't think that there would be very many Raibanthi doors opened to someone asking "Have you heard the good news about Antirius?" or "Have you invited Krarsht into YOUR life?" The Seven Mothers missionaries are more about societal change than they are about changing an individual's convictions.

But.... the mushy peas? What of the mushy peas?

I think that we are missing the krjalki element within this discussion. Mr Potato Head or Solanum tuberosum pocharngum as the God Learners defined it. 🙃

I would see him as Death in potentia as opposed to Humakt in actus.

I can't help but imagine that they would be far less likely to be trapped under said mount if they aren't using stirrups, but I don't follow horse racing either!

Sounds good to me, but I won't be bothering! 🙃

Some people will argue about anything. Roberts admits that his interpretations differ entirely from Tolkien's understandings, and Vink that she is reading back motivations into Tolkien's writings that are hers and not his. This hardly encourages me to view either of them as authorities on the subject of his racial inspirations. I rather think that you are, in fact, commenting! Tolkien's racial stereotyping, his colonialism, his imperialism, and his love for a non-existent pre-industrial idyll are all the result of his time and upbringing. Regrettable, but so it was. As for some things being simple, I think one can do no better than to turn to the towering genius H L Mencken, "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

Automated pogo-sticks, anyone?

Awww... still cute and deadly😀

It is largely accepted that JRRT's dwarves were a pro-Jewish image, a countering of the Wagnerian negative images

Mark 13: 33

A fine woman of imagination and style 😢

You try and persuade a bunch of conservative evangelical fundamentalists to join together in reciting the 'wrong' Nicene Creed!

Some of us are truly ancient grognards and not getting any younger.... It was hysterical to play with other theology students when it first came out, so, any news?

Characterisation is futile

Personally I have always gone with the Borg.

Or, at least, that is the story as they tell it in the here and now. GRoY and FS indicate massive internal strife and divisions at various stages, even with both of those documents emerging as propogandist imperial doctrine. 'Dominant' is a bit difficult to justify given the power of Spolism, Draconism, Nysalor, Sheng Seleris, Rinliddi, the Hyalorings, and the strife within the Tripolis and between city and countryside, as well as a new Celestial but markedly non-Solar (in her present form) God-of-Rule to name but some of the issues they have faced and are facing. I think 'most prominent' is as far as one could realistically go.

Yes, but that is why I noted that he was exceptional.

Aah - thanks and sorry for misundertanding, but.... which of the many Argraths? That could seriously complicate matters, wouldn't you say?

UNICEF state that, while on the decrease, male child marriages occur at one-sixth the rate of female. There is no implicit reason why Argrath (an exceptional figured in any case) should not have been married at 8.

My parents were missionaries back in the 60s in Myanmar. He described one missionary who was sent back to the UK because he couldn't cope with fighting off wild pigs eager for food while his trousers were round his ankles.🤣

Speaking as a professional mythologian - yep! Greg's genius was presenting rival religions in an arrogant and self-righteous manner, totally unlike the faiths of the Real World. 😇😁🤣

We don't pay enough attention to Yalaring's purification of Trilus. The citadel now runs thick with Balazaring poop, as nature intended.