From: Carl Fink (carlf@panix.com)
Date: Thu 01 Aug 1996 - 02:47:07 EEST
>From: Lewis Jardine <jardine@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk>
>1) The LBQ is one of the hardest and most important heroquests/myths
>in Glorantha (IFWW & RGQ being the other two I could mention).
Inspired by Lewis but not responding to him, I've just noticed
The Red Goddess, contrariwise, seems to *forbid* her servants to
something - Orlanth seems to encourage his followers to emulate his
greatest quest, the Seeking of the Sun.
emulate her mysterious Quest to gain divinity. It's possible that
Lunars do this all the time, of course, but I haven't seen anything
published on it. Is this a real difference?
>4) While some cultures (eg. Dara Happan) may describe the events of
>the LBQ differently and place more importance on the actions of
>different gods and goddesses I doubt that anyone in all Glorantha
>would totally ignore the LBQ.
>
>5) After all the LBQ is the root of the GREAT COMPROMISE!
The Dara Happans don't recognize the existence of any "Great
Compromise". The Mostali don't recognize the existence of Time
itself.
I suspect that if a Dara Happan were to ask Yelm directly, Yelm would
And that Solar Priest would *lie* about it forever after.
say "Yes, my servant, I did agree with the Storm King to permit his
continued raging, in order to preserve the World."
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