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Arachne Solara

Goddess of Nature Greatest of the Greater Gods Some philosophers theorize about gods beyond the gods. Sometimes these theorizations are labeled as powerful impersonal forces, like Time. Sometimes they remain mysterious and…

The Web of Arachne Solara

Posted on February 14, 2022

Glorantha is held together by the Web of Arachne Solara, a vast net woven out of the strands of myths – each the encapsulated deed of gods or heroes in the Godtime….

La Toile d’Arachne Solara #1 (1994)(FR)

La Toile d’Arachne Solara #1 is the fanzine’s May/June/July issue for an undocumented year. Sources say it was published in 1994 but no year is mentioned in the issue. Table of Contents…

La Toile d’Arachne Solara #2 (1994)(FR)

La Toile d’Arachne Solara #2 was published in December 1994. Table of Contents Edito – En retard, dites-vous? Exergue – Les Homme-Betes, ces inconnus… Le Peuple-Bete Les Centaures Les Minotaures Les Ithilians-Fanes…

The Great Compromise

Posted on January 26, 2021

Arachne Solara is the epithet of an otherwise unnamed deity who may be the goddess of Nature in Glorantha. Her origins are mysterious and subject to speculation, but there are strong indications…

Glorantha-16-Arachne Solara

Arachne Solara traps the Devil in the Web of the Great Compromise, held in place by the gods and goddesses of Glorantha. By Mike Perry. Copyright Moon Design 2013.

Strange bit of Art Description going in the Guide

Posted on September 29, 2013

Here’s the art description for a piece that Jeff Laubenstein is doing for the Guide – fourteen panels on the Lightbringers Quest. It is based on a cryptic diagram that Greg Stafford…

Arachne Solara sketches

Art composition sketches by Mike Perry, done for the Guide to Glorantha.

Arachne Solara glyph

Book of Heortling Mythology, Appendix D

Great Temples of Sartar

Posted on October 26, 2020

I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….

Harmast’s Heroquests

Posted on October 12, 2021

This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat. First, for a glimpse, at his…

Who is Ginna Jar?

Posted on January 14, 2023

Ginna Jar is the ghost of something important that has been lost and is gone. The Orlanthi give it a feminine identity, but that may have as much to do with the…

The Beastmen

Posted on May 6, 2021

There are no records of the Beastmen living in Dragon Pass in the First Age. During the later Second Age, there was the famous stitched zoo at Voss Varainu, where the Wyrms…

The Lunar Religion and Chaos

Posted on March 6, 2022

One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…

Excerpt – Cosmology (1981)

Originally published in Cults of Terror Before Creation In analyzing the mythos of Glorantha, four streams of belief prevail. They sometimes mingle and sometimes flow in separate channels, but they all flow…

26 – The Seven Steps

25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?

Grandmother Spider

Cosmic Spirit Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 52 2023 Prosopaedia entry Cults of Glorantha Preview 165 2019 per Rune spell Spirit Cult Tales of the Reaching Moon #14 46 1996…

Lightbringers Pantheon

Posted on July 15, 2022

An interesting thing about the Lightbringers Pantheon is the number of non-elemental deities are prominent. Perhaps that was a key factor in the magic of the quest? Sharp-eyed viewers might note a…

Chaos and The Great Compromise

Posted on May 27, 2023

The Spike held Glorantha together in the Gods Time. The Celestial Court were torn into pieces and the Spike was destroyed, leaving instead a gaping, howling Void. Things fall apart; the centre…

Glorantha Core Rune Font

The Glorantha Core Font is used by Moon Design and Chaosium in their publications. It is a compilation of the most useful characters from the 42 or so fonts created in the…

Starry Wisdom #2 – Inside Arachne Pinata

by Rob Heinsoo INVOCATION: Arachne Solara,Greatest Mother,Inner Spirit of all Glorantha,Web Keeper,Mother of Time,Shower blessed factoids upon us as I take some swingsat your spider-shaped pinata [9/10/97 Note: This editorial was produced…

HeroQuesting Context

Posted on January 8, 2022

So often when we talk about heroquesting, it is in the context of gaining power, defeating a foe, exploring the mythic realms, learning magical secrets, and so on. Not surprising – that…

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Greater and Major Gods

Posted on December 7, 2022

So as I check over some of the material about to go to the printer soon, I was comparing things to a list Greg had written some years ago, listing all the…

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