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Tales of young Sartarite women

Posted on June 22, 2021

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

Posted on June 19, 2021

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

Posted on February 14, 2021

Why blue skin? Her name means Blue Goddess in the Entekosiad  Harmony rune – I imagine it as her pleated skirt!

Orlanth Adventurous Art preview

Posted on January 27, 2021

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

Posted on October 29, 2020

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

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….

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

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

Posted on August 22, 2020

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

Posted on April 28, 2020

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

Posted on October 7, 2018

Orlanth and Ernalda from Nochet.

British Museum Visit III

Posted on October 7, 2018

Here are a variety of depictions of Ernalda, including some with Orlanth, that were mislabeled at the British Museum.

Earth cults seminar

Posted on July 22, 2018

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

Posted on September 8, 2015

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

Posted on May 20, 2014

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,…

An Ernaldan Festival

Posted on June 5, 2013

One of the defining features of Glorantha as a fantasy setting by its cults (among other things) – cult holy days are often the subject of game sessions (particularly if your players…

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