Re: Valkyries, Vinga

From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Tue 31 Mar 1998 - 20:09:22 EEST


Jane Williams:
> A quick re-read of the Genertela book tells me that the barbarians over
> there (most of whom seem to be Hsunchen) "acknowledge" the Orlanth
> pantheon, but I wouldn't mind betting it looks very different to the
> pantheon us Sartarites are familiar with.

Lots of Hsunchen in Fronela, but I think the former occupants (or their
former culture, at any rate) of Charg and Jonatela were authenticly
"barbarian", though I agree, likely to be lots and lots different from
the "norm". Non-Heortling almost certainly, perhaps non-Vingkotling
too. Don't know of "intact" examples of any barbarian culture there.

> What are Valkyries like, anyway?

The Norse types seem to have been associated at least in part with
Freyja, if I recall my (strictly Pop) knowledge of Norse myth correctly.
(And with Odin too, I think.) The goddess of Sex and Death, and
Pendragon puts it in endearingly tabloid fashion. ;-) I can't think of
a close analogue in Glorantha, at least not an "Orlanthi" one.

> Looks to me like there's a fun and exciting cult
> waiting for someone to discover it: but it isn't Vinga. And really,
> wouldn't it be boring if it was?

Concur.

Slainte,
Alex.

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