[Glorantha] Re: Orange hair signifies....?

Jane Williams:

>>>Just been reading some ancient notes on what colour
>>>goes with what element, and I gather that Orange is
>>>(or was) the colour associated with Air.

Donald Oddy
>> I think this originates in the time just after the
>> erruption
>> of the volcano which inspired the stories of
>> Atlantis. Some
>> investigators have concluded that for several
>> generations
>> the air was so full of dust that it was orange.

> That's RW - I was talking about Glorantha. Dragon Pass
> the boardgame, for instance. Glorantha long before I
> met it.

Similar reasons. Dust storms, also the kind of sunsets you only get on a stormy (or smoky) day.

Mixing Earth with Sky. (Which, in mythical times, wasn't blue but yellow/golden.)

>> Certainly the modern association is pale blue for
>> air.

> It is? Or are you talking RW again?

Real World, although the Heler/Lorion effects plus woad give the Orlanthi a liking for blue as well. Especially since the red was usurped by the moon.

>> There's also the matter of available dyes. I'm of
>> the view that the dark red of the Moon is only
>> achievable with rare dyes.

> Makes sense to me. Sort of like Imperial Purple was to > Rome.

Produced where? From what kind of source?

>> Of course that's Sartarite Vingans. I wonder what
>> the Vingans
>> of Holay do. Maybe they follow a crimson haired
>> Vinga.

> Lunar influence? Maybe.

Or simply a less anti-Lunar bias than southerners. After all, in bygone age dark red was one of Orlanth's colours. Sovereignty colour, or something like that. Received on Sun 01 Jul 2007 - 12:44:02 EEST