[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 319

[Simon Hibbs]

Malk Williams:

>I understand that Praxian nomads generally refer to Trolls as "Dark Men" or
>"Dark Folk", I think I'm right in saying that when Praxians talk about "Dark
>Eater", they are more or less referring to Zorak Zoran (correct me if I'm
>wrong on any of this).

I don't realy get the ZZ connection. IIRC The Black Eater was the
demon, an avatar of Kyger Litor, summoned by the Trolls to fight
Nysalor and which was wounded by him. Remember ZZ is not a troll, but
a darkness god that happens to be worshiped by them.

> The question is, do Praxians have specific names for Trollkin, Kyger Litor,
> or Argan Argar?  (And if so, what are they?)  Trollkin is the one I'm most
> interested in right now, and if I could have an answer in the next...
> what... seven hours, I would be grateful!

Yes. Trollkin are Enlo. I think 'Kyger Litor' probably means someting
like 'great mother of us all' and is probably a human name for her
based on a phonetic interpretation of the troll name. The same for
Argan Argar, who is sometimes refered to as 'surface darkness'.

Simon Hibbs