Re: Constructed Religions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 4, 1999, 0:08 |
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Kristian Jensen wrote:
> This explains a whole lot. With only one word for all these
> supernatural beings, its no wonder they could all be considered
> "gods". But I think you still ought to gloss /pol/ as "gods,
> spirits, elementals, or any supernatural being" and not as simply
> "gods".
Well, there are nat-cultures with such entities, having literally
thousands of them, and they are customarily translated as "god".
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