This one is pretty incomplete and fragmentary as I am not sure I want to include a finished version in the Sartar Boxed Set, but I thought the Hiording might be interesting….
Tag: Ernalda
Tales of young Sartarite women
If going on a cattle raid is the defining exciting tale of young Sartarite men, what is the defining exciting tale of young Sartarite women? By young men I mean young Orlanth…
Vasana & Yanioth’s Apprenticeship
Vasana’s Apprenticeship When she was 13, Vasana daughter of Farnan was initiated according to the tribal traditions of the Colymar. She was chosen by Vinga and pressed on to I Fought We…
Uleria art preview
Why blue skin? Her name means Blue Goddess in the Entekosiad Harmony rune – I imagine it as her pleated skirt!
Orlanth Adventurous Art preview
This is absolutely one of my favorite depictions of Orlanth Adventurous. By the amazing Agathe Pitié. Orlanth Adventurous is a god after all. And he loves all the ladies, regardless of element. And…
Townspeople and tribesfolk
Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…
Great Temples of Sartar
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….
Cults of Dragon Pass
One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…
Ernalda preview art
This series of images from Loïc Muzy is particularly wonderful because it shows how he put that amazing Ernalda piece together (with a little input from me) Note that these versions are…
Fralar
God of Carnivores Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 40 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Cults of Glorantha Preview 165 2019 None listed Notes Source Page Year Tree MythologyStranger TaxonomiesThe Taxonomy…
Nandan
Goddess Born in the Shape of a Man Nandan is the god worshipped by women who are born in the shape of men. Ernalda has chosen some men to serve her, and…
Eninta
Goddess of Birthing Eninta was one of the first daughters of Ernalda, became midwife to the new world at the Dawning. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Earth Goddesses 19 2023…
Jera the Herbalist
Jera, who keeps the healing kit. One of the traditional Orlanthi household goddesses who are the daughters and handmaidens of Ernalda. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes…
Barntar
The Plowman Barntar is the peaceful farmer-god, backbone of the clan, the god of the Plow, Farming, and the Free Man; worshipped wherever Orlanth is worshipped. Son of Orlanth and Ernalda, and…
Orlanthi ownership
Here’s a little snippet from a forthcoming players-oriented book I am working on: The Orlanthi divide ownership into two types of property, called earth and chattel. The Orlanthi view the Earth as…
British Museum Visit I
Orlanth and Ernalda from Nochet.
British Museum Visit III
Here are a variety of depictions of Ernalda, including some with Orlanth, that were mislabeled at the British Museum.
Earth cults seminar
Continuum attendees! Remember to check out Claudia Loroff‘s seminar on Earth cults in RuneQuest later this morning! She just called me up earlier to ask me a question about the eunuch dancers who…
Gods of Fonrit
A snippet from an old Jrusteli account of Fonrit. I’d date this to about 890 ST: Gods of FonritIn Fonrit, the people worship demigods who they say restored the Cosmic Court of…
Sketch of two Ernalda Priestesses
These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict two Ernalda priestesses – the first from Esrolia and the second from Sartar. Ernalda is the Earth Queen, the goddess of sex, women, agriculture, motherhood, and society….
Faranar
Wife of Pamalt Faranar is the daughter of Aleshmara and the wife of Pamalt. Several important chieftain dynasties trace ancestry to her. Faranar’s power lies in her family. In myth she is…
Excerpt – Ernalda’s Holy Days (2009)
Sea Season. Voriaravand (Voria’s Holy Day) Harmony week, Water day start of Spring. also called Shearing Day, Flower Day The first Flower Day was at the start of the Golden Age when…
Ernalda
Earth mother and Queen The bountiful mother of life is the source of all sustenance. Reverence for her should stem from every living creature. Plants and animals, both wild and domestic, are…
Excerpt – Ernalda the Magician (2009)
Ernalda is the source of magic. She is her own source – for her magic was not learned from others, but is instead who she is. Magic is the thing people get…
Myth – Ernalda and the Golden Age
This is an Orlanthi myth of Ernalda, the Great Goddess and Earth Queen. Once the seas covered all. But the world grew and Ga, Earth, emerged from the depths. Mountain peaks, plains,…