[Glorantha] Re: Recalling Orlanth from exile?

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <20050721194357.GSJD2520.aamta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com at homemaster> "Jane Williams" writes:

>Someone also asked:
>"While answering this, could someone also say what Orlanth was
>supposedly doing while outlawed?  Which subcults would have their major
>myths from this period?"
>
>How about this? "This is the time of Ernalda's "other guardians". She got
>many strong gods to defend the Vingkotling peoples, and forged alliances
>with small gods to join them to the tribe. Here is a partial list of her
>temporary husbands: Elmal the Bright, Heler the Shaggy, Vestkarthen of the
>Deep, Dojor the Black, Delan the Strong, and Dashing Veradash."

Which would make a mythic preceedent for Ernalda taking other husbands
while her husband is outlawed. I sometimes wondered about Ernalda's
multiple husbands and how this was reconciled with Heortling views 
on adultery. This could be it - outlawry breaks the marriage bond. 
I suspect the convention is year marriages rather than anything longer 
lasting which would avoid problems if the outlawry is revoked.

>So while I don't know what Orlanth was up to (sulking in a bar?), 
>Ernalda was doing a lot!

Probably shagging any goddesses he could find - this will be his
Destor aspect - wandering the world. Unless there's another subcult
of Orlanth the outlaw.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/