[Glorantha] Vithelan Karkal in Teshnos?

[Santo Sengupta]

Namaste.

Is Karkal (Karki), the Vithelan God of Fire, followed in Teshnos?   In 
the HQ rulebook, he is acknowledged as the father of Vai Madar Sa, the 
Teshnan incarnation of the Cosmic Star Archer.

In Revealed Mythologies, it is mentioned that the "Minister of 
Fire"/Karki  is disemboweled by Sekever, plunging the world into 
Darkness.  It seems to me this happened during the Demigods Cycle, and 
perhaps this is an impetus behind the Sage Chal revealing the Five Fiery 
Forms to the people of Teshnos.

More generally, how similar are Vithelan cosmological beliefs to the 
Chalite Mysteries?   In my Teshnan game I have hinted that in previous 
Ages, before the Seleran Empire, many more mystic lineages existed, but 
were systematically exterminated by Sheng Seleris and his followers as 
part of their Atrocity Rites. 

-Santo
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."