[Glorantha] Yinkin, Schroedinger's Cat-God ?

[Paul Andrew King]

>  > But the myth in KoS describes Yinkin as "murdered" (p87).  So the
>>  simplest way to reconcile the two is that Yinkin was killed after
>>  thawing Orlanth.  But that doesn't seem to deal with the idea that
>>  Yinkin survived.
>
>Where was the reference that had him surviving? Could it be ambiguous?

It's not absolutely certain, but the description of Return Day (ST 
p185) does imply that Yinkin was one of the Living Gods.

Of course it is always possible that orthodox Orlanthi mythology says 
that Yinkin died, while Yinkini mythology says that he survived.
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Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.