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Tag: Yelm
Noonlight
Noonlight is the son of Yelm and the Most Reverend Mother of the Pure Horse People Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 28 2025 per Rune spell Subcult of:…
Oldest notes on Orlanth
I’m going through some files and found some of Greg’s oldest notes on Orlanth (from about 1977): The council of gods in Dragon Pass is made of several major deities. Orlanth is…
The Sky Gods
The Sky is orderly, regular, and far removed from mortal ephemeralism. The Sun, planets, and stars move in regular patterns through the sky. Clusters of stars form constellations, associated with gods, monsters,…
Portions of Umath
When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…
Hell
Hell has many guardians and denizens, although comparatively few have well-established cults. Of those who do, the best known are perhaps Annilla, Asrelia, Daka Fal, Gorgorma, Humakt, Jajagappa, Kyger Litor, Lodril, Shargash,…
Solar Worldview
Yelm is the Giver of Life and Death, the Source of Light, and the most important of the Greater Gods. He received rule of the universe from the Cosmic Court and arranged…
Solar Purity
Light does not shine through grime and pollution – that goes a long way towards understanding most Solar cultist’s obsession with purity. The ideal is to let your (inner) Light shine, and…
Galanin
God of Horses, Sun God Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 42 2023 Prosopaedia entryAKA: Galana
Illumination and the Solar Religion
Nysalorean Illumination is associated with the Solar religion of Peloria, and perhaps we should think about how the Bright God has embraced Nysalor. Yelm is one of the Greater Gods and a…
HeenMaroun
Ruler of the World, Second Emperor of Kralorela Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Yelm, Yu-Kargzant (Pent), Govmeranen (Vithela), Kendamalar (Pamaltela), Somash (Teshnos) Prosopaedia…
Theyalan Celestial Gods
Throughout much of the Theyalan Belt, people recognize several major celestial gods: First is of course Yelm, the Sun. The Sun travels across the Sky Dome each day, only to die and…
Avivorus
God of the Sun Spear Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 27, 93, 103 2025 per Rune spell AKA: Avivorus, Spear ManSubcult of: Yelm, PolarisAssociated cult:Shargash Lunar Way 142…
Lightfore and the Sun
To me, one of the more interesting celestial phenomena in Glorantha is the relationship between Lightfore and the Sun. Lightfore rises each dusk in the east, and sets each dawn in the…
Notes on Shamans
Shamans are an “elect” found in many Gloranthan religions. They are often outside but adjacent to the cult structure, although some cults do make use of shaman-priests (for example, Aldrya, Daka Fal,…
Notes on the Black Sun
The Black Sun is a strange one. Its origins are quite old, as I have found handwritten versions of the Basko story from around 1979. It then got infused with Sandy’s love…
Antirius
God of the Sunspear, Upholder of Justice and Protector of Emperors Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Fire & Sky 27, 115 2025 per Rune spell n/a Subcult of: YelmAKA:…
Notes on Kralorela I
Kralorela has some 8.9 million people and covers around 625,000 square km. Kralorela is a relatively narrow arable band of land, islands, and shallows seas no more than 500 km wide, between…
Storm Pantheon art preview
Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
The Seventh Soul
Before the Red Goddess, people had only six souls. These had been placed in them by the gods when they made the first people. The six soul-parts, and the deity which contributed…
Deep Lunar Synthesis
One of Greg’s deep background notes that I refer to an awful lot when I think about Glorantha is this chart that he put together to try to think about the basic…
Celestial Sons of Yelm
Eight Celestial Sons of Yelm
Kazkurtum
Empty Emperor , God of the Abyss Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 71 2023 None listed n/a The Glorious Reascent of Yelm 56, 62, 63 1993 None listed Parts…
Bijiif
God of the Dead Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 15 2023 None listed The Glorious Reascent of Yelm 56, 62, 63 1993 None listed Parts of YelmThe Tortured VictimsGods Wall…
Berneel Ashagorn
Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 15 2023 None listed n/a Guide to Glorantha 117, 667, 673 2016 None listed As: BernEel Arashagern, Gods Wall I-15, Star 12, glyph in…