[Glorantha] Re: Humath + Hu'Makt = Humakt...

[Simon Hibbs]

>
>   Graham:
>
>   King of Sartar describes the discovery of Death by Eurmal. Eurmal uses
> Death to kill Grandfather Mortal. Orlanth borrows Death and uses it to kill
> Yelm. Not Humakt - Death. That's a strange way to phrase it. Normally the
> god's name and the name of whatever he's god of are pretty interchangeable.
> Not here. Here, Death is something seperate that Humakt is merely the keeper
> of. And this is a version from the 1600s.
>
>

Replace 'Death'  with 'Humakt' and we have Eurmal finding Humakt in the
underworld and conning him into killing loads of people, which is the other
form of this myth. They're the same myth, interpreted very slightly
differently.

The story of Humakt delving into the deepest darkness and discovering the
secret power of Death is one of self-discovery. He discovered the power
within himself.