Too the best of my knowledge, most, if not all, of the lore junkies have been working under the assumption that the flame just magically created all of the opposites. Honestly, I think we were wrong, and it seems so obvious now that it was a foolish thing for us to fall for.
In the intro (when she is talking about the flame creating disparity), the first word in each pair is emphasized. HEAT and Cold. LIFE and death. LIGHT and dark. Instead of "creating" each of those things, it only brought the FIRST in each pair. It brought the change. Instead of the "earth" being a frozen, lifeless, dark wasteland, the flame brought heat, light, and eventually life.
So the first flame brought the first light and the first heat. Understandable, that's what fire does best. So, perhaps the flame isn't some "magical, all-powerful essence" and is just ordinary fire.
Well, what fire could heat up, brighten, and bring life to the entire world? What "fire" is related to both sorcery and miracles (remember your astrophysics)? What "fire" is related to the vast majority of the gods we know? What fire would leave the inside of the world dark for the mortal races to crawl out of?
Why is Gwyn, "Lord of Sunlight", seen as the strongest of the Lords? Is the title REALLY coincidental? Or was he trying to brag about being the lord of a certain, life-creating fire?
In the intro (when she is talking about the flame creating disparity), the first word in each pair is emphasized. HEAT and Cold. LIFE and death. LIGHT and dark. Instead of "creating" each of those things, it only brought the FIRST in each pair. It brought the change. Instead of the "earth" being a frozen, lifeless, dark wasteland, the flame brought heat, light, and eventually life.
So the first flame brought the first light and the first heat. Understandable, that's what fire does best. So, perhaps the flame isn't some "magical, all-powerful essence" and is just ordinary fire.
Well, what fire could heat up, brighten, and bring life to the entire world? What "fire" is related to both sorcery and miracles (remember your astrophysics)? What "fire" is related to the vast majority of the gods we know? What fire would leave the inside of the world dark for the mortal races to crawl out of?
Why is Gwyn, "Lord of Sunlight", seen as the strongest of the Lords? Is the title REALLY coincidental? Or was he trying to brag about being the lord of a certain, life-creating fire?