An apprehended but suiciding assassin invokes a name which Saruke and we recognize:
"'Wodinaz...God of fighters. God of good warrior death, leads warrior dead to halls of Gods.'" (p. 165)
When Denesh leaves the Bakhri, King Thuliash asks:
"'...Indra the Thunderer that he bid his warrior Maruts watch over you for as far as their range may reach...'"
-Poul Anderson, The Shield Of Time (New York, July 1991), PART SIX, p. 278.
These gods were around a long time ago, still multiple and of limited range, of course, back then.
In Preston ("Priest Town," a hot-bed of Catholicism), near here, by the river, there is a dog leg street with a Hindu Temple at one end and a pub that used to host a Pagan Moot at the other. I contemplate Vedic gods, British gods and the river god... As a matter of fact, the Temple is closed to the public in the afternoon so, on visits to Preston, I used to meditate in a more convenient Jesuit Church in the City Centre. Why am I posting about this now? I am inspired by references to Woden and Indra in different timelines.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I immediately thought of "Odin" and "Valhalla" on reading Saruke's invocation. Albeit by Marcus Aurelius' time the Indo-Aryans who invaded and conquered northern India must have diverged drastically from those who moved westwards after more than 2,000 years.
Oddly enough I thought just now of Anderson's OPERATION CHAOS, where Steven Matuchek was puzzled to see a demon prince in the hell universe wearing an armband with the "ancient and honorable sign of the fylfot." We both know who that demon prince was and what the armband he wore depicted.
Ad astra! Sean
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