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Who is Ginna Jar?

Posted on January 14, 2023

Ginna Jar is the ghost of something important that has been lost and is gone. The Orlanthi give it a feminine identity, but that may have as much to do with the…

Genealogy of the Celestial Court

Posted on July 15, 2022

An interesting thing about the Lightbringers Pantheon is the number of non-elemental deities are prominent. Perhaps that was a key factor in the magic of the quest? Sharp-eyed viewers might note a…

The Lunar Religion and Chaos

Posted on March 6, 2022

One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…

The Web of Arachne Solara

Posted on February 14, 2022

Glorantha is held together by the Web of Arachne Solara, a vast net woven out of the strands of myths – each the encapsulated deed of gods or heroes in the Godtime….

26 – The Seven Steps

25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?

Harmast’s Heroquests

Posted on October 12, 2021

This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat. First, for a glimpse, at his…

Grandmother Spider

Cosmic Spirit Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 52 2023 Cults of Glorantha Preview 165 2019 per Rune spell Spirit Cult Tales of the Reaching Moon #14 46 1996 As: Grandmother…

The Beastmen

Posted on May 6, 2021

There are no records of the Beastmen living in Dragon Pass in the First Age. During the later Second Age, there was the famous Stitched Zoo at Voss Varainu, where the Wyrms…

The Great Compromise

Posted on January 26, 2021

Arachne Solara is the epithet of an otherwise unnamed deity who may be the goddess of Nature in Glorantha. Her origins are mysterious and subject to speculation, but there are strong indications…

Great Temples of Sartar

Posted on October 26, 2020

I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….

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…

Strange bit of Art Description going in the Guide

Posted on September 29, 2013

Here’s the art description for a piece that Jeff Laubenstein is doing for the Guide – fourteen panels on the Lightbringers Quest. It is based on a cryptic diagram that Greg Stafford…

Arachne Solara

Goddess of Nature, Greatest of the Greater Gods The web of Arachne Solara—the Cosmic Spider—binds the cosmos together. Her origin is unknown, though legends abound. She was unimportant until all the gods…

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