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Magasta

Lord of all Sea Gods, The Churner

  • Merfolk pantheon
  • Sea pantheon

Magasta is the son of Daliath and Framanthe. He is the moving force of life in the waters. His vast family personifies the tremendous primal forces of the sea, but Magasta directs them. He is King of the Sea Gods, master of life and death within the depths.

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Write upPageYearRunesPersonal GlyphNotes
Mythology1292023water runewater runen/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Earth Goddesses232023water rune
per Rune spell
n/aAssociate cult:
Grain Goddesses
Husband protector of:
Ernalda
Lightbringers1212023water rune
per Rune spell
n/aAssociate cult:
Mastakos
Prosopaedia802023water runewater runen/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Gods of Glorantha Previews852019water runewater runen/aAssociate cults:
Brastalos, Choralinthor, Dormal, Manthi, Mastakos, Natea, Triolina, Wachaza
Guide to Glorantha1512014water runewater runen/aNotes only
Book of Heortling Mythology1862009None listedAppendix D
Common and uncommon runes2004None listedGlyph only
Arcane Lore272003None listedIn: Theists, the Great Gods
Storm Tribe
deprecated
912001None listed
Revealed Mythologies332001one listedn/aMalkioni Glossary, Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Glorantha:
Introduction to the Hero Wars
82000None listed
Tales of the Reaching Moon #1024, 50
4 pages
1993water runewater runen/aAssociate cults:
Brastalos, Dormal, Manthi, Natea, Triolina, Wachaza
Gods of the Sea Pantheon
Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Gloranthan Bestiary91988None listedn/aDeluxe Rules Section,
Gods and Goddesses,
Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Gods of Glorantha, The Cults1985water runewater runen/aAssociated cults:
Triolina, Wachaza
Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia1985None listedn/aProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Wyrm’s Footnotes #8291980None listedn/aSpirits of the Sea, The Manthie 

Genealogy

ReferencesPageYearTree
Mythology1302023Genealogy of the Water Deities
Glorantha Sourcebook832018Genealogy of the primary Water deities
Missing Lands211998The Zaramaka and Manthae Geneology
Wyrm’s Footnotes #8291980The Manthie 

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