Ali the Helering

Corflu - an American abbreviation for correction fluid, which was covering a mark on the map. When asked what this was Greg replied 'cor flu' and thus it was named thereafter!

No, I think that you need to reread your own posts before becoming polemical. There really is no need to become put out because others disagree with you over what is or is not absurd. YGWV If we take that to heart then we can each run games as we understand Glorantha, with players making the choice as to whether to buy into that particular interpretation or not. 'Absurd' covers everything from the elf bow to the names Nochet and Corflu, and yet we have them.☺

Actually you spoke in terms of size of cult and ease of movement, not concealment. I do understand the difference, and do not find overly precious condescension attractive.

I feel that I have to point out that you were the one who spoke of them as preferable to Thanatar, not I.

Yep, seriously. Consider the chaos monsters and mages the Empire embraces, not least Sedenya herself. Heads on your belt? Why should I care unless my cult opposes Chaos or one of the constituent parts of Thanatar? On the other hand, if you favour Krarsht you are undermining society. If you favour Cacodemon you are promoting cannibalism. If you favour Vivamort - actually, okay, the empire has a Vampire Legion, so everything is fine, yes?

I beg leave to disagree. Stealing the powers of an enemy by comparison with fostering a cult of bureaucratic corruption? Krarsht loses every time. In fact, musing about it further, I could easily rationalize a state supported cult of Thanatari assassins.

I think it fair to say that in a place as varied and magical as Glorantha, the definition of 'absurd' is very subjective. The ecology of a powerfully magical society is very much open to interpretation. YGWV.

During this time of Lent it strikes me as needlessly Trinitarian😇

Yeah, this was just an opportunity for me to moan, really. I think that making these RW/Gloranthan differentiations don't help anyone.

Since in another thread we are assured that Gloranthan herd beasts are not identical with their RW counterparts, can't we assume that humans are likewise different, and not naturally lactose intolerant? Come to think of it, does Gloranthan cow milk contain lactose? When you start down the 'non-identical' track, there is no logical stopping point.

Aldryami

And very nice German reds, which are often best served chilled!

That is, of course, the basic nature of myth - fact is irrelevant, it is the truth that matters!

The Compromise was broken by the revelation of Dayserenus, then that of Kyger Litor, and then Nysalor. I am using myth in the broad sense, here. I don't see why the Dawn would be liminal for myths, though; people still tell stories!

Indeed, and the agony will reinforce the personal and partial memories, increasing divergence rather than unity.

It all depends on how good you think their VERY long term memory is. As organic beings they are neither inexhaustible nor inerrant. For accuracy, go to the Mostali.

I doubt that they would fit being 'lit', rather I imagine an alternative solar pantheon to that foisted on Dara Happa by Yelmgatha.

Sheng Seleris lit the 'Old Lights of Dara Happa', and whilst unexplained these have potential.

I am afraid that I am a little too much of a realist/simulationist to join into too overt a buy-in to a GL/Cambellian Monomyth so fully.

Absolutely understood. That was never my question. Just as every community has its own rationalisation of who or what is the deity of the sun (as per recent threads), the sun being an undenied and undeniable element of the cosmos, then even if they do not know of the 'actual' cause, each community would have its own rationalisation of each and every such. Hence different pantheons with differing gods/spirits/whatevers of the same thing. Rather like in the RW. In the RW an event might be real and undeniable, but that does not mean that everyone will interpret it in the same way. Is a solar eclipse caused by the dragon of darkness eating the sun, one sun dying and another being born, the renewal of the sun, or (ridiculous, I know) the moon being interposed between earth and sun? Does the event require ritual bathing, tearing the hearts from victims atop a pyramid, the lighting of bonfires, or (ridiculous, I know) being viewed only through polarised lenses? It isn't that those who are not direct participants doubt the event, but how they rationalise/mythologise it that forms the basis of the question.

I know that, you know that, because we have all read about it since Greg wrote about it. My point is that if you are not in touch with the Nysalorian story, how do you attribute the curse?

I don't see why an Uz in Dozakiland would know of Gbaji. Seperated by several cultures and half a continent, why would he figure? This was the point of my question - for.lack of D'Wargon, what is the mythological justification for the Curse of Kin?

Thank you for your collective opinions. Not too sure where they will take me, but I am sure it will be an interesting ride!

Is Kyger Litor on Nysalor's bucket list?

Small, annoying, and regenerating. Oh joy.