It is possible that Tar-Palantir would have wished to amend some of those injustices as well, but he cannot have made much headway, if he did--not considering what we are told of the early exploits of Pharazon. Gihayan's religious position here reminds me just a bit of the work of Gadira (Dracoena), although I have not in fact read very much of it. But I believe she, too, writes of the established Melkorite religion (or some of its priests) recoiling from the version introduced by Sauron in Numenor--only in her 'verse they are Numenoreans. Gihayan, of course, is isolated and not well-informed. But her interpretation of Sauron's position here is only an extreme case of a theme that I seem to see recurring in your writing--that Haradric religion is a true human religion, growing as it were from the inside and developing in very human ways almost despite its god, however Sauron manages to make use of it for his purposes--even before the time of the lehani. Thank you very much for sharing!
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Date: 2013-03-19 08:22 am (UTC)Gihayan's religious position here reminds me just a bit of the work of Gadira (Dracoena), although I have not in fact read very much of it. But I believe she, too, writes of the established Melkorite religion (or some of its priests) recoiling from the version introduced by Sauron in Numenor--only in her 'verse they are Numenoreans.
Gihayan, of course, is isolated and not well-informed. But her interpretation of Sauron's position here is only an extreme case of a theme that I seem to see recurring in your writing--that Haradric religion is a true human religion, growing as it were from the inside and developing in very human ways almost despite its god, however Sauron manages to make use of it for his purposes--even before the time of the lehani.
Thank you very much for sharing!