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Lodril

Father of Peasants and Volcanoes, The Low Fire

  • Lunar Pantheon
  • Sky pantheon
  • Troll Pantheon
  • Yelm Pantheon

This god is brother to Dayzatar and Yelm, and father of the three Lowfires. He is the personification of the common man.

  • AKA: Balumbasta / Bendaluza (Pamaltela), Deshlotalas (Peloria), DuTukkos (Arcos river), Gerendetho (Kostaddi), Huocheng / Minister for Fire (Kralorela), Karkal (Vithela), Solf (Teshnos), Turos (Western Reaches), Vestkarthan (Vent), ViTuros / Vi-Turos(Oraya, Saird), ViSaruDaran (Peloria)

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Write upPageYearRunesPersonal
Glyph
Notes
Fire & Sky14, 58, 103
12 pages
2025n/aSubcults:
Enverinus, Gustbran, Lowfires, Mahome, Monster Man, The Spear, Ten
Workers and Servants

Associate cults: Aether, Asrelia, Caladra & Aurelion, Dayzatar, Dendara, Ernalda, Grain Goddesses, Maran Gor, Oslira, Pamalt, Shargash, Vangono, Yelm
Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Mythology1232023n/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Earth Goddesses10, 11, 23, 42, 63, 94, 100, 1212023
per Rune spells
n/aAssociate cult:
Asrelia, Caladra & Aurelion, Grain Goddesses, Maran Gor, Pamalt
Husband protector of:
Ernalda
Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Prosopaedia782023n/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Kralorelan EquivalenciesPost2022None listedn/aAKA: Huocheng
Cults of Glorantha Preview2172019n/aAs Fire & Sky
final
Guide to Glorantha114-115, 152, 6502014Copper plates of Yuthuppa
AKA: Pamalt’s spear seasonal constellation
Pavis, Gateway to Adventure152012n/aRunes only
HeroQuest1212009n/aRunes only
Book of Heortling Mythology1862009None listedAppendix D
Cult Compendium236
Six pages
2002n/aAssociated cults:
Caladra & Aurelion, Dendara, Pamalt, Yelm
Common and uncommon runes2004None listedGlyph only
Revealed Mythologies322001None listedAs: Ladaral
Malkioni Glossary, Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
AKA: Ladaral
Glorantha:
Introduction to the Hero Wars
8, 982000None listed
Other Great Gods
Tales of the Reaching Moon #111994None listedn/aGods of Pamaltela notes
The Glorious Reascent of Yelm571993None listedGods Wall, Glorantay
The Glorious Reascent of Yelm761993None listedAs: Duemalos
(Lodril as a star)
Ancient Celestial Runes
White Wolf #2018
6 pages
1990n/aAssociated cults:
Dendara, Pamalt, Yelm
Troll Gods, Troll Cults Book821989None listedn/aTroll spirit cult
Gods of Glorantha, The Cults1985n/aAssociated cults:
Caladra & Aurelion, Dendara, Pamalt, Yelm
Authors: Greg Stafford and
Sandy Petersen
Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia1985None listedn/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
RuneQuest Deluxe, Glorantha Book301984None listedn/aAssociate cult:
Dendara
Wyrm’s Footnotes #10231980None listedn/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Wyrm’s Footnotes #6281979None listedn/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs

Genealogy

ReferencesPageYearTree
Fire & Sky
Mythology
The Sky Gods
17
124
Post
2025
2023
2023
Genealogy of the Sky Deities
Mythology
Earth Goddesses
122
13
2023Genealogy of the
Earth Deities
Cult Compendium862002Orlanthi Genealogy
Wyrm’s Footnotes #10241980Gods of Fire & Light

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