Talk:The Deed of Paksenarrion

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[edit] Kingdoms

The article says that the book "..takes place in a fictional medieval world comprised of kingdoms of humans, dwarves, and elves.". There are also gnomes obviously, but they figure very little into the story. Is it worth adding them, or would it just confuse the issue? 216.107.211.105 19:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religion

Since Elizabeth Moon is a beliving episcopalian, i doubt she would write a novel with strong Mormon themes. Instead of "becoming a god," Gird is one of many saints who serve the "High Lord." This system seems very similar to the Catholic and Episcopalian understanding of saints, (see saints and saints in Anglicanism).Deed of Paksenarrion actually has very clear Christian themes, with atoning sacrifice and redemptive love being two of the most prominant. see [1] for statements from Moon regarding her conversion. 128.239.158.193 04:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

While some of her fellow soldiers do believe that Gird, Falk and others have "become gods", Paksenarrion explicitly rejects that idea and considers them as mere Saints who act on behalf of, and derive their powers from, the High Lord.

As an aside, there was no conversion involved, as Moon grew up Episcopalian, then lapsed, then returned to that same faith, and later lapsed again (or at least stopped attending)

DES (talk) 22:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)