Here are a variety of depictions of Ernalda, including some with Orlanth, that were mislabeled at the British Museum.
Tag: Ernalda
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 References Page Year Runes Notes Earth Goddesses 120 2023 per Rune spell Subcult of:ErnaldaAssociate cult:Pamalt Prosopaedia 38 2023 Guide to Glorantha 151, 648 2014 One of the Twinstars Common…
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 References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 30, 68, 81, 117, 128 2025 per Rune spells Associate cult: Lodril, Mahome, Yelm, Yelmalio, Yelorna Mythology 121 2023 Earth…
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
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…
Greg Sez: Ernaldan Initiation Rites (2005)
by Greg Stafford All people in the Heortling society undergo a magical initiation into adulthood, which includes full participation in the world of the gods. Initiation is always gender-specific. Male initiation is…