From: Graeme A Lindsell (gal502@cscgpo.anu.edu.au)
Date: Wed 19 Jan 1994 - 19:14:37 EET
Just a few reponses:
Loren Miller writes:
>The set we know is the Orlanthi set, and Solar peoples
>have a variant set, as do the Kraloreli, Malkioni, and Doraddi.
I thought that the Orlanthi and Malkioni sets are the same with
the exception of the Law rune. If the theory that the Orlanthi
runes are of God Learner origin is correct they should be very
similar. I agree with the idea of rune as a classification
>In fact, if you are lucky enough to get a copy of "The Glorious
>Reascent of Yelm" you will see a picture of a God's Wall mural
>which shows pictures of about 100 Solar deities, each of which
>can be used as a Rune to describe the sphere of influence of that
>deity.
I'll probably have to wait for publication to see it :-(.
Interesting statement about the hundred solar gods (about 100 or
exactly 100? I'd think the Dara Happans would prefer the century
of gods). Are any of them female?
Guy Robinson writes:
>The Elemental Runes refelect one of the key strengths of RuneQuest, they
>reflect a cosmology not entirely enherited from the Greeks by Western
>Europe. As a student I researched Alchemy to give a talk to a student
>society and the Greek elemental decomposition I uncovered was Earth, Fire,
>Water and Air. The RuneQuest elemental division was less common.
The Taoists have five elements I believe, the four Greek ones plus Void.
Similar to Glorantha before the Lunar Rune. Identifying the Moon as
an element is odd: earthly religions I've read about have treated it as a
sky god.
I've heard that the Dara Happans only accept five elements: Darkness,
Earth, Water, Fire and Lunar: Air doesn't exist. From what I've heard
of the Glorious Re-ascent of Yelm I wonder if they really believe in the
elements in the same way the Theyalans do: the Orlanthi find the Elemental
Runes important because they basically worship two elements and fear the
other four. Since they formed the basis of RQ2 society we've always seen
most gods as based around the elements, the few exceptions like Humakt,
the Trickster and Uleria being very widepsread and independent gods.
To the Dara Happans the Sky seems to be everything: they may not see
it as an element but rather the home of the Gods, as all their gods
derive from there, and from there send their related gifts of life and
fire. ('Course, I'm probably spouting bullshit since I haven't seen
TGoY)
Graeme Lindsell a.k.a Graeme.Lindsell@anu.edu.au
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