[Glorantha] Not Pantheon, still Society

> The problem is that "SOLAR" isn't a pantheon, nor are "STORM" or "EARTH" (or
> any other ALL CAPS WORD YOU MIGHT COPME UP WITH).
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:) Was trying to stress the universal timeless divine rather than material reflections of said entities. Hence capitalisation. :)

> The Dara Happan Pantheon is Prudish, Imperial, Etc. The Storm Tribe (as
> opposed to STORM) is freedom loving, etc. But the Dara Tappan Pantheon is
> not *the* SOLAR pantheon. A Pantheon is a mix of Gods, Spirits and Essences,
> worshipped by a group of people.
Ok, so I used the word pantheon incorrectly - aologies; we are dealing here wuith what the Orlanthi call for example the Storm Tribe, or Fire Tribe. The term pabntheon is leading us far astray. :)

> The Major deities are rarely in doubt -
> Yelm is the head of the Dara Happan pantheon - but "lower" beings might be
> different from place to place - Most Storm tribers don't include Argan Argar
> in their definition of the Storm tribe,
<snip clear explanation>

Yep, understood, ok, the defining element of the Pantheon - can we tell anything about the nature of the Society from it? I can observe as already noted many minor differences, and very different social forms, between cultures which embrace Solar entities, but are there any universal as pects other then the obvious, anmely they worship he Sun? OK, universal may be a bit strong. :) Prevailing trends?  

I did note the idea was just a wild idea still unformed I was toying with, and I have noted evidence to contrary!

cj x
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