[Glorantha] Re: Holy Blood, Holy Yelm

[Topi Pitkänen]

> anyway. Going so far as to say Orlanth is Yelm's blood
> relative is going several steps further again, way out into
> mythic-identification no-man's-land, IMHO.

Absolutely agreed.

> For a start it would only be even vaguely possible if Dara Happans 
> believed that Rebellus Terminus is a blood relative of Yelm, and I
> don't think they do.

They don't, as far as I know. But intrestingly enough in Alkoth
among the shargashi they do hold faith that the last one of the
Hundred Thousand Titles of Shargash is Rebellus Terminus.

In Dara Happan mythology based on "Glorious ReAscent of Yelm" 
Shargash is second son Of Yelm and Dendara, the Master of Strength.
So Shargash is blood relative of Yelm, indeed. So there.

...

Well, where to go from there? My take on Glorantha is such that
I believe that most gloranthan Great Religions are powerful
enough systems to express the Entirety of Glorantha herself. (in a way)

As such there is bound to be overlap with every other powerful
explanative system that encompass the mystery of everything.

Gods and people are much more alike than they are different, but
never trust a puma further than you can throw them with a stick.

-Topi



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