Hello,
I did google a little around and didn't find much so I figured I'd actually make a post.
I'm sorting through the Entekosiad, which is of course a mess and never can be truly sorted, but I wondered if anyone had a thought about the five Deneronae - the five ruling goddesses. The text says there are five, and there was speculation and input online about some of them.
- Benbeng "Bell"
- Alk "Green"
- Beseda "Plenty"
- Addi "Stick"
- Karanda "Striped"
It's pretty clear that Addi is Entekos Dendara, Valare's beloved goddess, who is a form of Rufelza. (That's one of the points of the entire book.)
Alk is Orogeria-Ulurda, as you like, still has that name. Beseda is likely Oria.
The last two are questionable.
I've seen speculation that Benbeng is Naveria, but that seems anachronistic?
The text says Karanda is Fa Elsor, which is a mess. In Fa Elsor and the Serpent she is the "appropriately-aged woman for sex"; her four sisters Ariria, Provaria, Eth Eria, and Koveria come to confront Ursturburn, but Arirae is a child (the region of Arir, where people are naked and eat raw fish, likely isn't an accident), Provaria is a virgin, Eth Eria is already a mother, and Koveria is an old woman, so it's up to Fa Elsor to bang the snake. Gods Wall II-2-5.
So Karanda Fa Elsor ... is Entekos (God's Wall II-1)...
Any ideas?
Also, anything else you want to discuss about this gnomic text?