The Destroyer, Primal Storm, King Storm Umath fathered the many important air and storm deities, and his special attributes are strength and violence. He broke the universe apart to create a home…
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The Other Names of Gods
In the cults books, we read of Orlanth, Yelmalio, Yelm, Ernalda, and so on. For convenience, I use the name popularized in the God Learner monomyth – but we know that these…
The Orlanth Cult in Peloria
There are some 225,000 Orlanth initiates in Peloria, making it the fourth biggest cult in Peloria (tied with Ernalda). Only Seven Mothers, Lodril, and Oria have bigger cults. During the rise of…
Some thoughts on the Gloranthan gods, cults, and divine names
Most Gloranthans believe the greater gods transcend any specific culture. Ernalda, Lodril, Magasta, Orlanth, Sedenya, and Yelm are all known by many different peoples by many different names. Orlanth is the Storm…
Gods Wall
The Gods Wall is a sacred monument in Dara Happa about ten miles north of Raibanth. It was carved into a rock cliff overlooking the Oslir River by Lodril the Shaper in…
Orlanth
Head of the Council of the Gods, Storm god, Chieftain, and Warrior, one of the Lightbringers Orlanth is the King of the Gods, Master of Storms, Death Wielder, and Bringer of Light….
CHA4047 The Gods of Fire and Sky – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – 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 X Y Z
ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – 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 X Y Z
Common Deity Names
Something that sometimes stumps people that have read lots of Greg’s deep background material is that many Gloranthan deities have more than one name. Despite this, they are still the same entity…
Oorsu Sara
Monster King of the Antigods Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Baraku (Pamaltela), Rebellus Terminus / Umatum (Dara Happa), Farsanrana (Vithela), Wingkoalad (Pent) Prosopaedia…
Farsanrana
Viceroy of the Night Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Baraku (Pamaltela), Rebellus Terminus / Umatum (Dara Happa), Oorsu Sara (Vithela), Wingkoalad (Pent) Prosopaedia…
Broken Ring
Constellation Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 134 2025 None listed Contains: Disruptor, Dragon’s Head Lightbringers 38, 126 2023 None listed AKA: Orlanth’s Ring, Sky BearStar – Dragon’s Head…
Baraku
Storm God Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Orlanth,Rebellus Terminus/Umatum (Dara Happa), Oorsu Sara / Farsanrana (Vithela), Wingkoalad (Pent) Prosopaedia 14 2023 Local subcult…
History of Gloranthan Art, Part I – Dawn Age
At the Dawn, there were basically two cultural centers – Dragon Pass (also known as the Theyalans or the Unity Council) and the Peloria lowlands ruled by the Horse Lords.The Theyalans had…
ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2013 PDF Edition: Numbers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
ISS3002 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2015 PDF Edition: A Abgammon 12, 58 Above World 32 adamant 9, 21, 54 Aether 6, 7, 73, 74 Aetherial 6 Aetheric 7, 42, 57 Akanimataka 30…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – U
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: U (page 796 – 796) Ualu 588 Udayankos the Music Lover 569 Udraya 710 Udraystead 710 Uele Oline 384 Uilinve 393 Ukos 423 Ulaninstead…
Myth of the Month: Shargash the Destroyer (1998)
Shargash is the celestial God of War. He is a great god, with power in all the worlds. In the sky, he is the Red Planet of War. On the earth he…
Hero Wars: Beyond Humanity (2000)
Originally part of ISS1102 Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars Last revision: 15 Dec 2000 Realms other than the center of the world exist. Humans teem in the center, clustered on fragments…
Dara Happan Depictions of the Orlanthi Gods
Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 24/07/2011 – 13:58 From the Jonstown Compendium, #15,953 “Among the items I saw in the wagon train of Sor-Eel were one hundred ritual demon masks. Kolos said…
Yolp Mountains
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 29/09/2011 – 00:22 As I promised on the World of Glorantha YahooGroup, here’s a map of the Yolp Mountains and vicinity. The Yolp Mountains are home to…
A Sense of Scale
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…
Pavis: Gateway to Adventure Index
This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Pavis: Gateway to Adventure. A Adari 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 39, 42, 55, 66, 164, 167, 232, 259 Adoration 170 Agimori 36, 46,…