From: aelarsen@facstaff.wisc.edu
Date: Thu 06 Apr 2000 - 22:19:29 EEST
>From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph@bigfoot.com>
>Subject: Gorgorma
>
>Andrew Larsen:
>
> > What function do Gorgormi play in society? Gods of Glorantha
> >describes the goddess as 'the Defender' and as someone worshipped when
> >peasants are oppressed. But her rune magic seems largely devoted to
> >avenging rape, which implies that she's specifically Dendara's defender.
>Babeester Gor is an Orlanthi Goddess while Dendara is in the
>Pelorian pantheon, which does not include Babeester Gor. The
>worship of Babeester is not universal across Genertela.
Are not both Dendara and Babeester Gor worshipped in Sun County in Prax?
> >What is the significance of the Shadow Rune that Gorgorma holds?
> >It might suggest that she's Dendara's dark side, but is that all?
>
>What else do you have in mind?
Not necessarily anything. I was just unsure whether there was more
to it than that.
Andrew E. Larsen
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