[Glorantha] Otherworld non-specific terminology

Phil Hibbs snarks at gmail.com
Wed May 10 12:58:55 BST 2006


> > Any votes for a generic phrase that won't get us
> all confused?
>
> Inner Self?
>
> Immaterial Self?
>
> Incorporeal Self?

Why not Great Self? I don't see the problem. There are lots of other
things that are magical, immaterial, immortal, or incorporeal. "Inner"
also carries implications that are unproven.

>        In her quest for her Self Sedenya found the Bat and taught it
>        its Self.  The bat grew extra eyes to see its new found
>        knowledge and became the steed of the Goddess.

"Self" with a captial S works in text, but is problematic in spoken
conversation.

Phil Hibbs.


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