The White Princess, Goddess of Mountaintop Winter Inora is the goddess of winter mountain tops. Her cool beauty descends to the lowlands, and in Prax sometimes brings water to the most arid…
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Valind within Orlanthi society
Given that we have a good foot or more of snow on the ground, now is a good time to talk about Valind within the context of Orlanthi society. Valind is the…
The Struggle for the Middle Air
The Red Goddess never made peace with the Air Gods, for there was none among her pantheon who could approach those deities on their own ground. There began, within history, a struggle…
Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire
As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…
Storm Pantheon art preview
Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
Darkness Genealogy I
I’ve always loved the divine genealogies that Kalin Kadiev did for us for the Glorantha Sourcebook, but unfortunately they were not complete enough for the Cults Book. Fortunately, Katrin Dirim has risen…
Darkness Genealogy II
The Darkness pantheon is an unusual in that most of these cults are worshiped primarily or even exclusively by non-humans. Darkness is deadly, fearsome, devouring, crushing, cold, silent, secretive, and mysterious, and…
Portions of Umath
When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…
Sun County Continued part 3
July 2021 by Micheal O’Brien (Mob) Sea Season 1621 Sea Season 1621 – When word came that the Lunars had failed to stop the Giant Cradle at Pavis, Count Solanthos of Sun…
Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For publications: All Spirit Magic These cults have cult shaman. Their Initiates have access to all spirit magic except cult specials and where noted: Spirit Magic only available from Shamans The following…
RuneQuest: Gods of Glorantha Previews (2018, 2019)
A small number of preview editions of Runequest: Gods of Glorantha have been sold at conventions. A UK version was also titled, Cults of Glorantha. Contents (Now Mythology) The Night Hag’s Tales…
The Winter Deity Trinity
It is the right time of year (at least in Colorado) to talk about the trinity of winter deities – Valind, Inora, and Himile. These gods are much more important than their…
Published cult Overlap and Comparison
A comparison of cult availability in Classic and RQG, for: Publication Year(s) Abbr. RuneQuest 1978, 1980, 2015 RQ1/2 Cults of Prax 1979, 2016 CoP Cults of Terror 1981, 2016 CoT Trollpak 1982,…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
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CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W Y Z
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Index
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ISS3007 Arcane Lore – Index
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CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – Index
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Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – F
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Face Chaos 50 1+ Storm Bull LB 132 Initiates Storm Bull LB 37 Orlanth Adventurous initiates, (associate) Storm Bull LB 140 Valind initiates (associate) Storm Bull…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – A
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Absorption 10 1+ Aldrya EG 36, 37 Elder Sister, Gardener Annilla FS 50 Entekos initiates (associate) Annilla LW 126 Red Goddess initiates (associate) Annilla FS 103…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – S
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Safe 76 2 Argan Argar RQG 289 Initiates Scram 76 1+ Eurmal (Imp subcult) LB 55 Initiates Scum 76 1 Murthdrya 86 Flamal initiates (associate) Seastrength…
Use of the old name of Elmal
Elmal is the original name of the Light god that came to Dragon Pass in the 1300s. The Light worshipers among the Sartarites began offering sacrifices to Yelm quite early – likely…
Minor Gods
Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…