tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 04 09:02:26 1994
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Re: tlhIngan lalDan
- From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhIngan lalDan
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 20:58:44 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <9407301820.AA06375@ bush.cs.tamu.edu> from "Erich Schneider" at Jul 30, 94 01:20:33 pm
> >From what I've seen on TNG, it seems that any Klingon spiritual
> feelings center not around any "gods", but around heroes of varying
> mythological status, particularly Kahless. They aren't abstract beings
> or rulers of particular spheres of life, but beings that were
> considered to be real Klingons at some point who performed deeds in
> the physical world.
>
> I would think a Klingon, rather than asking one of their god-heroes
> for help in a situation, tries to act like a god-hero - instead of
> thinking "Kahless, help me", they think "what would Kahless do now?"
> Evocation rather than invocation. One sees this in the
> teaching-stories told to children, the respect for tradition, and the
> citation of the god-heroes as the sources of that tradition.
>
> -QumpIn 'avrIn / Erich Schneider
> [email protected]
>
>
This is more how I have viewed it as well.
Why am I also minded of the religious group(s?) who believe that every
one not of their faith they kill is one more person who will serve them
in the Afterlife...?
--tQ
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