[Glorantha] Re: Geographical scope of the gods

Graham Robinson

> 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...)

By "Carmanian" do you mean "Fronelan"?

And we are not talking about the wasp-headed entity fought by Yanafal?

> 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.

My impression is that the antics of the Lankhor Mhy (note spelling) cult result from being in Esrolia, fulfilling a role analogous to Vinga in Heortling society by advancing males into the position of advisors in a female-dominated rulership (if not entire society). The beard requirement may have been intended to exclude females by the early cultists.

The "Son of Mostal" also appears as "Son of Acos". The sorcerous connections are as weak as can be - for a deity supposed to know all there is to be known, pathetical, too. Although I wouldn't put it past the Dorastans to have experimented in this direction (same as Flintnail later did in Pavis). Received on Thu 26 Oct 2006 - 12:19:06 EEST