[Glorantha] Monomythising - was Re: Outlawry, a wider perspective

In message <a94ec60b0605040150q60a3ad1et1645bede69d10744@mail.gmail.com> "Simon Hibbs" writes:

> Going so far as to say Orlanth is Yelm's blood
>relative is going several steps further again, way out into
>mythic-identification no-man's-land, IMHO. For a start it
>would only be even vaguely possible if Dara happans believed
>that Rebellus Terminus is a blood relative of Yelm, and I
>don't think they do.

G-IttHW page 11 implies Umath is the son of Yelm and Dendara as he made his own realm by "ripping asunder his father and mother. Thus the sky was separated from the earth forever". That's described as a common story told throughout Peloria. Which would make Orlanth Yelm's grandson. It seems likely that Rebellus Terminus, even if not Orlanth, is one of Umath's children since the DHs blame Umath's children for most things. I can imagine the DHs pretending that the disreputable branch of the family doesn't really belong but it does.

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