[Glorantha] Re: Geographical scope of the gods

 From: Graham Robinson <graham_at_albionsoft.com>

>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...)

Interestig theory, but Carmania wasn't founded untill the 8th Century, so it's fairly recent in a second age campaign, and certainly many hundreds of years after the Theyalans spread the Orlanthi religion after the dawn.

> 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.

Now that's a nice theory. Maybe the Mostali have records of a broken Mostali that is rumoured to have found a home among the storm worshiping humans.

Simon Hibbs Received on Thu 26 Oct 2006 - 17:39:46 EEST