Post by ^.^ Harleen Quinzel ^.^ on Jun 23, 2020 1:42:08 GMT
The Pani seem to have their own set of beliefs in regards to religion. They speak of divination, spirits, and gods. Eessentially "The Way of the Gods". The Priest-Kings are referred too awith a Shintoistic aspect and they believed in other deities aside from the Priest-Kings. In the passages below, Lord Nishida informs Tarl Cabot of the Initiates coming to the Pani people and well... if your uppity self attempts to rule the Pani, you get ...you will see.
"It is a beast," he said.
"An unusual beast," I said.
"It is a mystical thing," he smiled, "something magical, possessing a gift of divination?"
-Mariners of Gor
"I think," said Lord Nishida, "that a wager is involved, or perhaps a contest of sorts, amongst spirits, powerful beings."
-Mariners of Gor
"How is it you speak Gorean?" I asked.
"Strange men, dour men with shaven heads and white robes, appeared amongst our ancestors, mysteriously so, long ago, very long ago, claiming to speak for the gods."
"Initiates," I said.
I supposed some might have been placed amongst the Pani by Priest-Kings. Apparently the Priest-Kings wanted there to be at least one commonly spoken language on Gor, by means of which they could communicate with a least a majority of Gorean human beings. Perhaps they thought that would lead to harmony, peace, and understanding. It had not. Amongst themselves the Priest-Kings communicated by scent. On the rare occasions when they dealt with human beings directly, translators were utilized.
"We must learn their language or be destroyed," said Lord Nishida. "Some recalcitrants and zealots were consumed by fire, streaming from the sky."
That would be the Flame Death. It was commonly used for enforcing the technology laws, and, doubtless, could serve other purposes as well.
"So Gorean was learned?" I said.
"Who disputes the will of the gods?" asked Lord Nishida.
"Who, indeed?" I said.
"Other things were brought, as well," said Lord Nishida, "recipes, seeds, serums, and such."
Normally gifts would be received through cultural diffusion, through trade, and such. I gathered this was impractical in the case of the Pani.
But these strange men, " said Lord Nishida, "attempted to rule us."
"I see," I said.
"They were crucified," said Lord Nishida.
"There were no retaliations from the sky?" I said.
"No," said Lord Nishida.
Their purposes served, it seems the Priest-Kings had no further need of their missionaries, so to speak.
-Mariners of Gor
"It is a beast," he said.
"An unusual beast," I said.
"It is a mystical thing," he smiled, "something magical, possessing a gift of divination?"
-Mariners of Gor
"I think," said Lord Nishida, "that a wager is involved, or perhaps a contest of sorts, amongst spirits, powerful beings."
-Mariners of Gor
"How is it you speak Gorean?" I asked.
"Strange men, dour men with shaven heads and white robes, appeared amongst our ancestors, mysteriously so, long ago, very long ago, claiming to speak for the gods."
"Initiates," I said.
I supposed some might have been placed amongst the Pani by Priest-Kings. Apparently the Priest-Kings wanted there to be at least one commonly spoken language on Gor, by means of which they could communicate with a least a majority of Gorean human beings. Perhaps they thought that would lead to harmony, peace, and understanding. It had not. Amongst themselves the Priest-Kings communicated by scent. On the rare occasions when they dealt with human beings directly, translators were utilized.
"We must learn their language or be destroyed," said Lord Nishida. "Some recalcitrants and zealots were consumed by fire, streaming from the sky."
That would be the Flame Death. It was commonly used for enforcing the technology laws, and, doubtless, could serve other purposes as well.
"So Gorean was learned?" I said.
"Who disputes the will of the gods?" asked Lord Nishida.
"Who, indeed?" I said.
"Other things were brought, as well," said Lord Nishida, "recipes, seeds, serums, and such."
Normally gifts would be received through cultural diffusion, through trade, and such. I gathered this was impractical in the case of the Pani.
But these strange men, " said Lord Nishida, "attempted to rule us."
"I see," I said.
"They were crucified," said Lord Nishida.
"There were no retaliations from the sky?" I said.
"No," said Lord Nishida.
Their purposes served, it seems the Priest-Kings had no further need of their missionaries, so to speak.
-Mariners of Gor