Saturday, 9 August 2014

Veleda

Christ was "a prophet and more than a prophet." Heidhen says that Edh is a spaewife:

"'...and more than that. The goddess came to her, and now she is Niaerdh's...'" (Time Patrol, p. 577).

In the German civilization of the Tacitus Two timeline, would Wael-Edh have become the Goddess incarnate to some while others doubted her existence?

We know her as a character interacting with others in Anderson's story but she would have become the main object of devotion and a major subject of discussion in an alternative history.
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2 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks9 August 2014 at 23:17

    Hi, Paul!

    I have my doubts that Veleda would have eventually been thought to BE the goddess she served. My thought was she was no more than a prophetess for Niaerdh. Like non Jewish prophets such as Zarathustra, Mohammed, or Joseph Smith.

    Sean

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  2. Paul Shackley10 August 2014 at 00:21

    Sean,
    Most likely.
    Paul.

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