[Glorantha] St Hu'makt

[Graham Robinson]

>You seem to be saying that the two entities are at root, fundamentally
>different, and that no God-Time connection exists between Orlanth and the
>entity we usually just call Humakt

No - I'm saying that the cult that realised the connection to Orlanth worshipped him as Humath, but didn't realise the severance/psychopomp aspect. The cult that realised those aspects worshipped him as Hu'Makt, but missed the storm connection.

The Heortling cult put the two versions together, to arrive at the one we know best.

I'm not entirely sure who the worshippers of Humath were, but they were clearly Orlanthi (or at least Umathi) but likely *not* Heortlings.

For a parallel imagine the three Orlanth aspects (Adventurous, Thunderous, All Father) and suppose that these were three seperate cults, without contact, until missionaries noticed the similarities and put together the myths of Great Orlanth. (I'm not saying this *did* happen...) Humath is the parallel for Adventurous (the young god) and Hu'Makt for Thunderous (the manifest god). The Heortling Humakt then becomes the parallel for Great Orlanth (the whole god).

> (what IS that apostrophe for?

I believe it indicates that the word should be written in Glorantha as two glyphs, Hu and Makt. I'm only using it to distinguish the cult in modern Carmania from the cult in modern Sartar.

Cheers,
Graham

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Graham Robinson
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