SV: (urth) cthulhu mythos, BotNS

pthwndxrclzp · 03 Jun 2005, 09:27 · from 2005-June.txt.gz

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From: aquastor at gmail.com (pthwndxrclzp)
Date: Fri Jun  3 09:27:44 2005
Subject: SV: (urth) cthulhu mythos, BotNS
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What exactly are Erebus and Abaia's "powers"? Despite lots of scary
intimations and background threats, it doesn't seem as if we really
have much information on what such creatures can do, beyond some kind
of low-level mind control (and perhaps having their lieutenants "swim"
through time upon occasion). Or am I missing something?

> Wolfe has many non-omnipotent "gods" of this type: Erebus and Abia are
> godlike in their power as far as humans are concerned, but there is nothing
> really supernatural about them.

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