Message no. 1

From:	ANGLISS@****.PSU.EDU
Subject:	Re: TNO stuff
Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 1993 10:21:20 -0400

****lots o' stuff deleted****

>Tir Tairngire was a better sourcebook for figuring out what the Old Elves
>were up to (TNN is useless on that behalf). On the other hand, the Ways
>and Paths is a fine example of how to fit, with only a slight bit of
>abuse, a specific cultural myth and legend to make unique SR magic. Those
>of you who enjoy such things could get stuff out of TNN.

Well, when you consider that the elves of TNO don't think that immortality is
something to be strived for like the TT elves do, of course it's useless for
this. But I wonder if anyone else has noticed just how much of the actual
myths of the Touatha De Dannan the TNO elves convienently forgot? I've read
some Celtic mythology from historians and it seems to me that they forgot to
include almost the entire mythology, like the Milosions conquering the Touatha
and forcing them into the shidhe mounds and the underworld. Now, this is
important so the elves don't get an inferiority complex(yeah, right..), but
it's still kinda interesting from my limited Celtic history perspective.

>drh

Brian