This page by Greg Stafford and Jamie Revell dates from 2000, and was revised in Aug 2003. It will mostly be superseded by the Guide to Glorantha. In the Green Age, nothing had a definite…
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Guide Art Direction – Hsunchen (2013)
Hsunchen peoples are stone-age hunter-gatherers. Small families wander about a territory while the men hunt, trap, and fish, and the women gather plant foodstuffs. The clothing of most hsunchen is of whatever…
Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein
Morning! Today’s sneak peak is two Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein. The art direction is here. Archived G+ post: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/glorantha/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2476&p=19528&hilit=hsunchen#p19528
Hsunchen Tradition
The Hsunchen tradition differs from folk to folk in detail and philosophy but is consistent in its origin and spirit connections. Korgatsu the World Dragon (called Hykim and Mikyh by Western philosophers)…
Hsunchen Pantheon
The Hsunchen Pantheon is from the Cults of RuneQuest series (2023) and Gods of Glorantha (1985). Members include:
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Form Rune Triangular rune korgatsu Beast, hsunchen rune Beast rune
Korgatsu
The Cosmic Dragon, and Ancestor of Beasts Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 73 2023 Prosopaedia entry Guide to Glorantha 150 2016 Notes only Common and uncommon runes 2004…
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Earthmaker
The Great Spirit This entity lives beyond the realm of normal spirits and gods, being omnipotent and all-encompassing. He made the world and all things in it. He can be reached only…
First Four Companions
Friends of the Great Spirit Most primitive societies recognize the existence of the First Four Companions, who assisted Earthmaker in the creation of the world. They are the overseers of the four…
Grandmother Earth
Mother of Life Grandmother Earth’s body is the world itself. Orlanthi philosophers theorize that she may be Gata or Ernalda masquerading under a different name. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia…
Horned Man
The Great Shaman, the Horned God The Horned Man is the Father of Shamans. During the Great Darkness he sang great runes using his wit, skill, and deadliness, to trick Chaos into…
Hykim & Mikyh
Beast Parents The Father and Mother of beasts Write up Page Year Runes Notes Mythology 131 2023 Prosopaedia entry Earth Goddesses,The Earth pantheon 10 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Lightbringers 159 2023…
King of Above
Chief Star This deity is the ruler of the Sky World. He is unreachable by shamans but his spirits, the beings of wind, rain, sunshine, and starlight, can be obtained without difficulty….
King of Below
Grasper This being lives beneath the floating earth and is the counterpart to the King of Above. He rules darkness spirits, the dead, and monsters. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia…
King Undine
Father of water elementals This is the child of Heler and Triolina, and all undines are descended from him. There are several upper echelons of these creatures who cannot be commanded by…
Loon
Help from the north Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 79 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, The Prosopaedia 1985 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Lux
King of Above The faraway sky is unreachable, but lesser spirits from the Sky World sometimes visit the surface world. Sky worshipers call these spirits “angels,” and recognize a vast hierarchy which…
Mikyh
Mother of Animals Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 85 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985 None listed Prosopaedia entry Genealogy Page Year Tree MythologyThe Sky Gods…
Old Man / Old Woman
The First Person In prehistoric times Old Man was a companion of Trickster and a friend of all the world. Whatever he did then all humans must do now. Write up Page…
Otter
Help from the west Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 96 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, The Prosopaedia 1985 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Sea Eagle
Help from the East Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 107 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, The Prosopaedia 1985 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Turtle
Help from the south Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 124 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, The Prosopaedia 1985 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Dehore
The King of Below, Lord of Spirits All the thousands of spirits which inhabit the senseless darkness answer the beck and call of this formless and shapeless deity. Cloaked ever in shadow…