From: Brandon Brylawski (brandon@caldonia.nlm.nih.gov)
Date: Wed 15 Dec 1993 - 17:32:24 EET
shillada@gatwick write :
>Can anyone tell me anything about the cults of Umath and Yinkin.
>Umath I know is Primal Air - so I envisage him as a cult run by Shamen Priests,
>with Divine such as Command Slyph - sort of a primative Orlanth.
Umath is Primal Air, the original air God. In comparison to Orlanth, who represents the power of Storm used to smite enemies and bring rain to make the crops grow, Umath represents uncontrollable, destructive Storm - Storm before it learned Mastery (Remember, two of his sons are Valind and Ragnaglar) . To my understanding, Umath is no longer worshipped, at least not in Dragon Pass. Even in the far north, where a few at the foot of the glacier worship Valind, nobody knows even where Umatch is to be found. In Phil Davis's campaign, I found him (on the hero plain) only with the assistance of an item from each of his sons. I suspect Umath has no ties to Glorantha at all, except as the father of his sons.
Brandon
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