Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Shargash - what sort of a God is he?

In message <f318ej+3vpa@eGroups.com> "valkoharja" writes:
>The Red Planet, Yelm's Pitbull, slayer of Umath, God of Alkoth.
>
>I haven't been able to figure out what sort of a God he is. As the
>destroyer in the solar pantheon I would guess a RQ / Godlearner style
>analysis would give him the runes of Fire and Disorder, or possibly
>Fire and Death.
>
>But there are also mentions of him "thundering", and his bolt of
>destruction sometimes sounds like a thunderbolt.
>
>Can somebody clarify this for me a bit?

There's a writeup of Shargash in ILH1 page 25. It gives affinities of Berserker, Combat and Destruction. His secret is Janata the Killer Bolt.

There are some descriptions of Shargashi and their attack on Whitewall on the Whitewall Wiki.

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