From: Carlson, Pam (carlsonp@wdni.com)
Date: Wed 24 Jul 1996 - 19:50:00 EEST
Michael R wonders about the Gloranthan calendar: RW seasons split into 5
parts, or foes it have an extra, non RW storm season?
The Dara Happans, (and presumeably many other Pelorians), follow a four
BUT - Glorantha being as magical as it is, I assume that if everyone in
Perhaps it helps to think of the celestial calendar as marking _time_,
Excellent info on the festivals, Orlanthi holy days, etc. I'll use it!
season celestial calendar, with a "sacred time" borrowed from the
Theyalans, which likely occurs at the winter solstice. From this I
gather that the Theyalan five season/element calendar is an artificial
construct, (maybe left over from the World Council, the GL's, or the
EWF)?
an area follows rituals devoted to one element or another, it can
actually change the weather. Therefore, each of the five Theyalan
seasons likely has unique weather - part natural, part magical. I hope
that confuses things.
while the five season calendar marks the flow of magic, though only
where it's used.
>This is a tentative proposal with one major problem - it disregards most of
the published stuff that is related to the Gloranthan Year, and it sucks
the Runic Calendar almost dry of life.
I don't think this is a problem. I never could remember that runic
calendar, anyway. (Though David Dunham has a nice version of it. It
may be on his website already. If not, he might post it?)
Pam
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