From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@toppoint.de)
Date: Mon 03 Nov 1997 - 00:13:00 EET
Nick Brooke
>The War between Giants and Dragons: cf. "Gods of Glorantha" monomyth,
>"Some Early Struggles":
See also the Annilla cult write-up from Troll Gods, which tells us about the
outcome...
>But part of the joy of Glorantha (IMHO) is *knowing* that there are
>Mysteries in the world which nobody really knows the answers to.
Or rather, everyone who knows a definite answer is wrong in some meaningful
point. (This is probably the secret to the God Learners' failing...)
>The War of the Dragons and Giants is a case in point: while I'm sure
>continents buckled and elements shrieked as these primordial forces
>laid into each other (like something out of the Cthulhu Mythos), the
>actual effect on Gloranthans today can be written on the back of a
>postage stamp.
Not entirely, since IMO this myth is about explaining the absence of plate
tectonics yet providing reasons for mountain ranges...
Also the Praxians have their myths about dragons vs. giants, even though
people like Argrath don't believe them.
But then, as I said above, this opinion is most probably wrong in at least
one meaningful point...
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