One of my absolute most-referenced chapters in the Mythology Book is Cult Distribution. Each of those tables gives me a quick overview of the culture in a region. Want to get an…
Tag: Cult demographics
Lanbril rings in New Pavis and the Big Rubble
A few notes on the various Lanbril rings in New Pavis and the Big Rubble: Yes, that means there are some 800 or so people associated with the Lanbril cult, even if…
The Lunar Religion in post-Liberation Prax
Following the liberation of Pavis by the White Bull, the Lunar Army was forced out of Prax, and all arrangements those dependent on the presence of the Lunar Army collapsed. The governor…
The Cult of Pavis III
Pavis has a total of about 1700 initiates and another 2500 or so lay members in all of Glorantha. About 500 of those initiates live in the Big Rubble, where they form…
The Lightbringers in New Pavis
There are some 1200 initiates of the Seven Lightbringers in New Pavis, fully a third of the adult residents in the city. Now more than half are Orlanth initiates, and Orlanth is…
The Zola Fel Cult in New Pavis
The Zola Fel cult in New Pavis is fairly small, perhaps only 200 or 300 initiates. Nonetheless, their importance in providing food and river transport makes their cult very significant in the…
The Cult of Pavis II
The Pavis cult actually has fewer initiates in New Pavis than Storm Bull or Humakt, but far more lay members than both together. Almost every permanent resident of New Pavis is a…
Yelmalio in New Pavis
The Yelmalio cult of New Pavis is about the same size as the Storm Bull or Humakt cult, with somewhere around 300 initiates. The cult is centered on the Yelmalio temple in…
Other Prominent cults in New Pavis
After Orlanth and Ernalda, the most prominent cults in New Pavis at this time are the war gods Humakt and Storm Bull, with over 300 devoted cultists each, with nearly 700 in…
The Knowledge Temple, New Pavis
The Knowledge Temple in New Pavis is the largest collection of scrolls, books, parchments, etc. in all of Prax. The Knowledge Temple is the largest repository of information about Pavis and the…
Pavis County and Sun County
If we look at the settled population of Pavis County and Sun County together, we see that the six largest cults are: To me this explains how Sun Dome County manages to…
The Rise of Chaos and Other Gods in the Big Rubble
During the Troll Occupation (1237-1539), many of the human inhabitants of the Big Rubble turned to some very unpleasant spirits and gods in order to survive. Black Fang The best known is,…
The Impala Nation
The largest tribe of Animal Nomads, the Impala Nation have the largest number of Orlanth AND Yelmalio cultists of any tribe in Prax. Although Eiritha Impala is the biggest cult of the…
Notes on The Black Fang Brotherhood
The Black Fang Brotherhood was formed around 1450 in the Big Rubble, when a human shaman met Black Fang in the Spirit World. Black Fang was a legendary bandit of approximately 100…
The Cult of Pavis I
The Pavis cult is really quite small, likely less than 2000 initiates in the world. Maybe 300 reside in New Pavis, 500 or so reside in the Big Rubble. As many as…
The Solar Pantheon in the Lunar Heartlands
There’s about 160k Yelm initiates in the Lunar Heartlands. There are only about 60k Yelm initiates in Pent. Dendara has about 81k initiates in Pent and 181k in the Lunar Heartlands. But…
Pantheons in the Lunar Heartlands
About 1.3 million people in the Lunar Heartlands are initiated into one of the cults of the Lunar Way. About 1.8 million people in the same area are initiated into tradition Solar…
How Many Lunar Conversions in Dragon Pass
Now there are a lot of ways to answer that question: 1. How many people were willing to join as a lay member of the Seven Mothers? That might be a big…
Conversions to the Lunar Way
So lets look at how the Lunar religion spread and who joined and how quickly Lowland Peloria. The Seven Mothers cult spread quickly here. Remember the Seven Mothers are Friendly to most Solar…
Notes on Chalana Arroy II
Chalana Arroy has a surprisingly large cult and constitutes a widespread non-violent, merciful, and vegetarian movement throughout Central Genertela. Chalana Arroy is both supportive of the ruling gods and also constitutes a…
Notes on Issaries II
Issaries is an important cult with almost 15k initiates in Dragon Pass and Prax – almost 4k just in Sartar – and some 67k initiates in the Holy Country and 20k in…
Orlanth Subcult Membership
In Sartar, more than a third (35%) of all Orlanth initiates belong to the Orlanth Adventurous subcult. A little less than two thirds (62%) belong to the Orlanth Thunderous subcult. And a…
Top 10 Lunar Heartland Cults
The ten most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands are:
Cult sizes in New Pavis
As an aside, there are about 400 initiates of Pavis, and 7 Rune Priests (Daughters of Pavis). There might be as many as 2000 lay members on top of this. Now that…
The Night Caravan
The Night Caravan (more commonly called the Night Train or the Argan Argar Chain) is the Argan Argar insect caravans that travel across Genertela at night. They bring goods, insects, and trolls…