[LMB] The WGW and literacy

[Alex Bell]

Adam Ek wrote:
>> --- Francis Turner <francis.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't think there is anything "biblical". The gods are
>> absent...
> 
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> When malice outbreaks were more common I'd expect farmers to have  
> prayers to ward them off.
> 
> Does prayer have ground? Could prayer feed a malice? If so, I could  
> see Lakewalkers suppressing all religion. The term "Bogle" might even  
> suggests an old religion.
> 
> What if the gods in WGW are akin to the 5G universe, but have  
> withdrawn because malices can feed on numina? (Another form of ground?)
> 
> Adam Ek
> adamek at mac.com
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I've been thinking about the absent gods also - though I'm sure the text 
says they absented themselves rather than were suppressed by 
lakewalkers. I wonder if it's possible that they are coming back?

Does anyone hear an echo of Cazaril in Dag? In Chalion especially there 
is mention of people having been sent earlier by the five but turning 
aside. Is it possible that Crane was sent earlier, but really turned 
aside? And that Dag fits some of the role of Cazaril in that like him he 
has not turned aside?

And it may be in the next book that there is an echo of Ingrey who the 
five arranged to be figuratively swallowed whole by Wencel.

Also, I wonder if Fawn has the potential of being able to use her ground 
as a healer. She certainly seems very effective in the foot rubs and 
shoulder massages she provides to Dag, and he himself thought of her 
being his assistant if he took up healing training.

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Regards, Alex