| From: | "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: Well, here he is. |
| Date: | Tue, 12 May 1998 14:19:31 -0400 |
>James Ojaste Wrote
>>> Why not the twins Desire and Despair and maybe the rest of the
>>>Endless<tm>? At least that's a good is a good source to pattern totems
>>>based on concepts. I wouldn't do it but there you go.
>>
>>The Endless? Huh? It seems that you're describing something akin
>>to the Passions, but...
>
>Maybe, I don't know what the Passions are, I assume greek mythological
>figures.
Nope. Earthdawn mythological figures, sort of... They're
mythological in the sense that they don't exist in our consenual
reality, but in Earthdawn they walked around and talked with people...
>The Endless are character's in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of Graphic
>novels. Who are in order of first existence Destiny, Death, Dream(aka
>Sandman, Morpheus, Lord of dream and the hero of the tales),
>Destruction(Resigned), Desire, Delight(later Delerium) and Despair.
>They are anthropomorphic(sp?) personifications of the above
>emomtions/things.
The Passions in ED are also anthropomorphic personifications of
varying emotions/states. I'd list them but it's been a while...
>I would whole heartedly recommend the series to anyone.
From what I've seen of his work ("Good Omens" and "Day of the Dead"),
I'd probably enjoy them...
James Ojaste
