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Core mythological secrets

Posted on July 27, 2020

One might view the entire Hero Wars as an extremely costly way of the Orlanthi and the Lunars teaching each other their core mythological secrets.

A Sketch Map Centred on Genert’s Garden

Posted on April 20, 2019

And here is what I was working on during the week.

A few notes on the God Time history of mortals

Posted on March 7, 2015

Glorantha in the God Time progressed from a Green Age to a Golden Age to a Storm Age and then to its near destruction in the Great Darkness. Mortals experienced this as…

Gloranthan Mythology

Every culture creates myths and legends which explain man’s existence and purpose. Glorantha is no exception. Mythology of Glorantha The Creation This tale agrees in most particulars with the diverse religious sources…

Excerpt – Cosmology (1981)

Originally published in Cults of Terror Before Creation In analyzing the mythos of Glorantha, four streams of belief prevail. They sometimes mingle and sometimes flow in separate channels, but they all flow…

Mythical Age Maps

The maps of the mythical ages look different depending on which perspective you are looking from. The Malkioni sorcerers of the west, the theists of Genertela, the mystics of Vithela in the…

Heracles Another Name

Posted on April 20, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 20/04/2012 – 08:29 People tend to underestimate the extent to which cults “travel”. In Glorantha, the god Orlanth can be found from Prax to the outskirts of…

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