From: Mikko Rintasaari (rintasaa@mail.student.oulu.fi)
Date: Tue 10 Nov 1998 - 09:23:06 EET
> A few correspondences...
> The Emporer - Orlanth Rex(Renamed The King) or Yelm
Shouldn't the emperor be Yelm? (card be named the emperor, and showing the
sun, or just the evil emperor....)
> Justice - Orlanth Adventurous, or Humakt? (this one is hard).
Justice would classically be Dayzatar... This all depends whether this is
a culturally bound pack... one would think a Tarot deck would be a
Godlearner originated semi mystical deck of cards... used by some for
divining, by some for just playing. All of this during Godlearner times,
of course.
> The only problem is that the minor arcana is based upon terran 4-element
> symbolism, while Gloranthan Mythology has 5 (Light/Fire, Air, Earth, Water
> and Darkness, 6 counting moon.) I would suspect that a Tarot-style
> divination deck used in and around Dragon Pass (most likely from Esrolia)
> would perhaps avoid Fire. Any ideas? Or would their be 5 and 6 suit deck?
The idea is nice.... I may just include it in my vision of Glorantha. I
wouldn't try using existing Tarot decks tough... Just keep the central
idea of a divining/game deck with symbology for all the major occult
forces known.... Nice thinking.
-Adept
"thinker, dreamer and adventurer"
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