From: Stephen Martin (ilium@juno.com)
Date: Sun 24 Aug 1997 - 00:59:05 EEST
Alas, all I have from Apprentice Guild is Cults of Light and Death,
purchased at Convulsions '94. Some interesting material, not all of it
really fits into Glorantha, but they did some good work all around. Cool
fold-out map, especially.'
Red and Green King
Sorry this post is so dated. Basically, what Nick Brooke suggested was
I suggest a different RW word be used, and I think the best one (given
not quite what I had in mind. Let's see, in Sartar we have a Prince, in
Carmania we have Shahs, in the Lunar Empire we have Satraps and/or
Sultans, in Prax we have Khans. So, why in Alkoth and Dara Happa should
we have Kings?
other cetntral Pelorian myths and publications) is Tyrant. In its
original, Greek (?), meaning of a more or less all-powerful ruler (I
don't swear this last statement is accurate).
Thus, we would have the Red Tyrant and Green Tyrant of Alkoth. There is
already a Tyrant of Ganbarri mentioned in GRoY, and I think Vantestos
(from the Gods Wall) could fairly accurately be called Tyrant, from a DH
point of view.
To answer Pam's question, my understanding of the Catholic religion is
that Easter is a much more important holyday than Christmas. It is
central to the religion, the festival to which thousands of pilgrims will
flock more than any other.
Most religions have such a highest holyday, IMO. Not that all of them
aren't important.
Note that among the Orlanthi there is a cycle of High Holy Day's, one per
season: Heler's in Sea Season, Elmal's in Fire Season (originally),
Ernalda's in Earth Season, and Orlanth's in Storm Season. Dark Season
supposedly does not have one, as it is a time of mourning (ancient
Divinations from Chaosium provide this information, substituting the name
Elmal for Yelmalio, of course).
Stephen Martin
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