Message-ID: <20010802153606.58877.qmail@web11108.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 08:36:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Welch Subject: Re: megami ML matome okuri To: megami@ml.usagi.org In-Reply-To: <00ca01c11b16$c227c020$1528010a@hkclearing.com> Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk --- 'CuSO4' Yung wrote: > First, disclaimer : I am pretty much neutral on > whether Kami-sama is the Norn's father or not. Hey, good (surprised) to see you weighing in on such a controversial point! Neutrality is overrated. Polite disagreement leads to a much more interesting ML. ^_^ > > From: > > Later, in chapter 136, Belldandy asks Hild if she > > can ask her something. Hild anticipates the > > question is "Doushite wakaretakatte koto?", > > meaning "Why (did we) split?" Again with the > > assumptions (and assuming is dangerous business), > > it is reasonable to say that Belldandy would have > > a personal interest in such a question if Hild > > guesses this. I thought Hild was assuming Belldandy wanted to know why Hild and Urd split up, not Hild and Urd's father. Belldandy definitely takes a personal interest in Urd's emotional well-being. The "Another Me" chapter just published in DH is a prime example. > > This sort of pattern is not uncommon in mythology, > > and by pattern I mean man and woman are together, > > man splits from woman, woman and man now in direct > > opposition. Putting kamisama and Hild as Urd's > > parents might be weird, but if anything, it > > explains both her immense power and her lack of > > focus (which relegates her to second-class goddess > > status). > > I never see any evidence saying that Urd was being > relegated. she might have never been granted a > first-class license. Um, I think he meant "relegates" more in the "limits" sense than the "demoted" sense. Brian W.