[Glorantha] Geographical scope of the gods

>How far do most people think the gods have spread, geographically? We have a
>rough split of Theism in the middle, Mysticism in the East, Monotheism in the
>West, but does that really form the bounds?

It did, in some mythically perfect world in the earliest god times. At least according to the godlearners...

>For instance, we have Carmanian worshippers of Humakt, who seems different
>there than he is in Sartar. Does Lhankor Mhy show up in Kralorela, for
>instance? Are the sea gods on both continents the same?

I believe that the warrior Humakt started in Carmania, and moved south, becoming conflated with a Ralian storm god on the way. The Dragon Pass "honourable warrior who severed his ties to the storm tribe" seems to me to be an attempt to rationalise the two versions into a single mythology. (Whether the Carmanian and Ralian gods are "really" the same is another discussion entirely...)

Lankhor Mhy appears to be a dwarf (sorcerous connections, beard obsession, son of Mostal...) who would have initially been known in the West, and moved Eastwards around the dawn. The Middle Sea Empire may have carried his worship as far as the East, but I've seen no evidence for it.

I suspect there are very few common sea gods between Genertela and Pamaltela. Most such entities appear to be personifications of a given body of water. Given the Middle Sea Empire influence, I suspect most ports know of Magasta, and of course would make use of Dormal's magics.

>In the middle section we know about, there has been contact between the
>theistic cultures since the First Age, so it seems unsurprising that there is
>shared influence, but does that extend to East and West?

The Godlearners were active in Kralorela and Vithela, and Kralorela opposed the EWF, so the contact you're looking for certainly existed in the Second Age. The Closing will have wiped most of that out, so any cults that were established will have diverged, probably significantly.

Cheers,
Graham

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