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The Other Names of Gods

Posted on October 14, 2024

In the cults books, we read of Orlanth, Yelmalio, Yelm, Ernalda, and so on. For convenience, I use the name popularized in the God Learner monomyth – but we know that these…

The Syncretism of Elmal and Yelmalio

Posted on February 29, 2024

If you start from the position that these are “two divinities” you are always going to run into problems. So start with this proposition – “two names”. At the Dawn, the Orlanthi…

Lightfore

Celestial Body Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Fire & Sky 34, 106, 116, 117, 137 2025 None listed n/a AKA: Antirius (Dara Happa), Daruda (Kralorela)Elmal, Kargzant (Pentans), Sun Daughter (Praxians),…

Use of the old name of Elmal

Posted on May 10, 2023

Elmal is the original name of the Light god that came to Dragon Pass in the 1300s. The Light worshipers among the Sartarites began offering sacrifices to Yelm quite early – likely…

Temples in Sartar

Posted on May 9, 2023

In most of Sartar, your clan has a minor temple to Orlanth and Ernalda, and maybe a shrine to one other deity. Your tribe has at least a minor temple to Orlanth…

Initiates and their experiences

Posted on March 7, 2023

A few examples of how cults are spread across space and how that is experienced by members of the cult. 1. ORLANTH. Vasana was initiated into the cult of Orlanth Adventurous (Vinga)…

Solar Book – Yelmalio description

Posted on December 10, 2022

Here is a nice description of Yelmalio from the Solar religion materials: Yelmalio is the Solar deity found where Yelm’s imperial rule does not reach. Associated with the planet Lightfore, his cult…

The Sun Dome Temple in Sartar

Posted on January 28, 2021

As part of a project, I have put together a deep background history of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar that is likely mostly unknown even to the Yelmalio cult. So this…

The “Elmali Civil War”

Posted on October 12, 2020

One last point that had been buried in a previous thread. The “Elmali Civil War” was not within the Elmal cult. It was between the Elmali and the rest of Sartarite society….

Light in the Sky

Posted on August 26, 2020

Pretty much every Gloranthan spiritual tradition says that the bright and hot Sun was killed by the Storm God, ending the Golden Age. The Orlanthi particularly emphasise this myth, as it was…

Beren the Rider

Beren the Rider was a foreigner who proved his worth and loyalty and won the heart of Redaylde, the daughter of Vingkot. He became the father of the Berenethtelli Tribe of the…

Redaylda

Goddess of Horses, Goddess of Saird Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Earth Goddesses 92 2023 None listed n/a In: Pelora Prosopaedia 105 2023 None listed n/a Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes…

Anatyr

Elmal Chieftain Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 153 2009 n/a Local subcult of: Elmal The Book of Heortling Mythology 174 2009 None listed n/a Hero cult…

Elmal

The Sun God, Horse God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Fire & Sky 116, 137half-page 2025 n/a AKA: YelmalioIn: The Many Suns Prosopaedia 33 2023 n/a Gods of Glorantha Preview…

The Many Suns and the Sun Gods of Prax

Posted on December 29, 2018

Posted without further commentary. Is there a firm date for Monrogh’s revelation of the Many Suns? A few years before Tarkalor came to power.

Yelmalio

Frontier God, God of the Cold Sun, Preserver of Light After the sun fell and the sky retreated from the surface world, when the volcanoes went cold and the hearthfires were but…

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