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The Seven Steps of the Red Goddess

A woman is laying aside her cloak and clothing. Her hair is bound in a knot on top of her head. She maintains a belt with sickle knife, and a wreath upon…

Gloranthan Mythology

Every culture creates myths and legends which explain man’s existence and purpose. Glorantha is no exception. Mythology of Glorantha The Creation This tale agrees in most particulars with the diverse religious sources…

Greater and Major Gods

Posted on December 7, 2022

So as I check over some of the material about to go to the printer soon, I was comparing things to a list Greg had written some years ago, listing all the…

ISS1103 Anaxial’s Roster – Index

PDF and text of the original index. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Personalities of Glorantha – Cragspider the Firewitch (1999)

portions of this write-up originally published in The Broken Council. Mistress of the Spider Mountains, Weaver of Fate Summary Cragspider is an ancient being who resides in Kerofinela with her uzfollowers. Her…

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…

CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – 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

Hero cults

Posted on December 18, 2021

In general, when you gain Rune Magic from a hero cult, that magic comes from the god behind the hero. Where the hero is going to be apotheosised as a god, then…

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – C

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: C (pages 760-762) Cacama 482 Cacama Cay 482 Cacheh 429, 43 Cacodemon 108, 153, 458, 701, 702 Cactus Desert 447 Cafol 319, 321, 322,…

Mortal Approaches to the Cosmos

Posted on October 7, 2023

Core to Glorantha’s cosmology is that the world we mortals live in is the result of the gods and their deeds and conflicts. This so-called Gods War let Chaos into the world,…

CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents

Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia

Malkionism as a Cult

Posted on September 14, 2022

So one thing that should be obvious about Malkionism compared to other cults – it is primarily a philosophical system, rather than a connection with a god or spirit. The Invisible God…

Excerpt – History in Glorantha (1981)

Originally published in Cults of Terror. Chaos and Compromise History in Glorantha is the sum of events occurring since Time began. Mythical events prior to Time were non-sequential and simultaneous actions happening…

Well-educated Lunars

Posted on November 13, 2022

The following is what a well-educated Lunar might learn from an Irrippi Ontor sage in the 6th, 7th or 8th Wanes: SCIENCE AND REALITY Science bases itself on sense perception. Religion uses…

Excerpt – Cults of Prax Chronology (1979)

A Prax-centric History A Timeline of Glorantha This timeline includes many approximate dates. Even Lhankor Mhy Sages, well-learned in General Knowledge, never have pinpointed many of these events Godtime This is a…

CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Purifying Telmori – Take Two

Submitted by Herve on Fri, 12/10/2012 – 12:48 In hell, during Hofstaring’s rescue, my Humakti PC looked into the Abyss (down the bridge leading to the plateau of suffering). My GM and…

What is Glorantha?

Glorantha is the mythical world that can be found on the Other Side of our consciousness. First discovered by Greg Stafford over forty years ago, Glorantha has been explored in such games…

Excerpt – Some Myths (1999)

By Robin D. Laws Copyright ©1999 A Sharp, LLC. This month we present some myths all Heortlings know about a variety of deities. These are drawn from A Sharp’s computer game King…

Notes on Humakt

Posted on May 8, 2023

Humakt is a favorite player character cult in RuneQuest and no wonder! The cult is for the professional warrior, the mercenary, the holy killer, but is also tempered by a strict code…

Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos

Posted on May 26, 2023

In 1220 ST, great stirrings in the world centered in the land of Peloria, presaging an event that would utterly change the world. It was the birth of the Red Goddess. Her…

Kajabor

God of entropy, the Void, Father of Bad Man Kajabor wields entropy in the world. Often called God-Killer, he destroys all vestiges of matter or energy, annihilating all possibilities of individuality or…

CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Index

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: A Acos 70, 71, 72, 73, 106 Aether 72, 97, 99, 104, 106, 147, 204 Alda-Chur 21, 26, 33, 41, 42, 43 Aldrya 49,…

ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index

Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST  115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…

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