Chan Wei Lik: Of course, this begs the question of what happens to
dieites that die.

Old deities never die, they simply fade away.

Or maybe not...

"I got over that long ago."  Skuld didn't turn away from the river.  "Show
yourself Mujaki."

"Have we met, young lady?"  The short demon with white hair, in the
star-spangled suit and top hat stepped out of the shadows.

"No, but mother pointed you out in the Big Picture Book of Supernatural
Beasts.  She said that you'd come to give naughty little goddesses bad
dreams."

"That's right, I haven't run you through her death yet."

Skuld sneered at the demon.  "Is that the worst you can you do, dredge up
my past?"

"For somebody with such a remarkable imagination, your worst nightmares
seem to all be things that have actually happened."

Skuld turned back to look down at the river of death.  "Life's been tough
on me, what's your excuse?  And where's your pig?"

"Baku is his own tapir and he's engaged elsewhere."

	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@slip.net          http://www.io.com/~hcobb
    Everybody else is far more cynical than I am.
    They know better than to say anything about it.