Re: CHAT: Visible planets (was: Corpses)

At 07:41 PM 11/10/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Isidora Zamora wrote:
> > John had said that that one was difficult to see because it stays so close
> > to the sun, so I originally left it out.  But if the ancients could see it,
> > then I guess that the Nidirino can, too.  And anything that they can
> > perceive moving against the starfield, they will worship.  So I guess
> > that's, yes, they do worship Mercury as well.
>
>This is the same culture that worships the Sun, right?  If so, could
>Venus and Mercury hold a special place in their culture, as the Children
>of the Sun, or something similar (because they always remain close to
>it)
It's a thought that will be taken into consideration.

Interesting, the Tovláugad (Cwendaso), when they first met the Nidirino,
named them the Children of the Sun and Moon, or Children of the Sky before
they knew anything of their religion.  The name was based solely on the
coloring of the Nidirino: hair like the sun, skin like the moon, and eyes
like the sky.  Before they met the Nidirino, the Tovláugad had only ever
seen gray-skinned people like themselves and had no idea that other peoples
existed on earth.

Isidora