[Glorantha] The word "pharaoh"

[Greg Stafford]

> From: Jeff Richard

> Personally, I really wish Greg hadn't used "pharoah" as the main title for
> Belintar.

I, too, wish this.

Rob adds:
> That word comes with all kinds of connotations and
> bagage which, as far as I can see, are completely irrelevant to the
> Belintar of the Holy Country.  For example, which part of Esrolia or the
> Holy Country is anything like Egypt?

The Necropolis comes to mind, but that is irrelevant.
It's really nothing like Egypt.

> Has Greg ever revealed why he used that term?

I was looking for a title to describe god-king or king-god. Pharaoh was a
place-holder until something better came along for print, but there wasn't
anything when "to print" time came.
Hence, the entry of the worng word.

Heck, maybe I will just greg it and say, from now on, use the title The
Belintar, the Living God.


> From: Kajabor <kajabor at yahoo.com>
adds

> I also didn't like that he called the Pharoah's
> musicians "The Beatles," and his low-priced furniture store "Ikea."

If this has ever appeared in print, it is not from me.

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Sincerely,
Greg Stafford

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