I came across some notes from my Ygg game about mythology. We didn't end up using any in play, but the myths connect with those of others (elves, Orlanthi), so they might be an interesting source of random factors in heroquests.Ygg is the god of seafarers, especially raiders, in Ygg's Isles, where the Wolf Pirates originated. Nelarinna is the goddess of life in the Neliomi sea. Saari is something I made up, the land goddess of Ygg's Isles. -----Ygg and NelarinnaYgg raided the Water Tribe. They drove him off, but as he left he swept up Nelarinna, a high-class and wealthy woman. Soon her kin were pursuing Ygg everywhere, and she tried to kill him or escape every chance she got. Ygg negotiated [a ransom] a marriage, receiving a dowry and delivering a bride-price when he returned her to her people. Now Nelarinna feeds us, but we have to return every bone to her. She takes the bodies of our dead, and some of the living, too.Ygg lusted after Nelarinna and thought he had tricked her into eloping with him, but she led him into a trap. She and her kin made him swear an oath never to bother them again in return for a year-marriage with her. He received a share of the Neliomi sea as a dowry, but every year she takes some of his people as her bride-price.Ygg and ValindYgg received the sling and spear from Valind.Ygg stole goats from Valind. He had no idea what to do with them. He gave them to Saari as a bridal gift. When he came back, he found them everywhere, giving people wool and meat.Ygg betrayed Valind and fought against him more than once.Valind is constantly trying to take and hold territory, while Ygg just keeps moving. Some of Ygg's mortal children survived the Great Darkness by sacrificing to Valind.Valind kept pursuing Ygg's wives, and finally took Saari captive. She died, but really she slept, like her mother.Valind once held Ygg captive in a prison of ice. Ygg taunted a sky god until he threw a javelin and melted Ygg's prison. Ygg was badly scorched but escaped.Ygg and the ForestYgg kept raiding the forest. He was always driven off, but his destruction was so great that the forest goddess arranged a parley. Not long after she gave birth to a clutch of roaring wooden serpents. They grew to enormous size and went off with Ygg to carry him on his raids. But they always came back to her when she needed them.Ygg kept raiding the forest. After one raid a daughter of the forest gave birth to a huge sea serpent that joined Ygg's fleet. Ygg left the forest alone after that, but sometimes the serpent went back.Yggites owe tribute to Winterwood. They can take trees for shipbuilding and fallen wood for fires, but only as directed by the gardeners. They have to replant if the gardeners tell them to. They also have to provide transport if asked by the Forest King, something that hasn't happened in centuries.Nelarinna's ChildrenNelarinna's children were under attack by huge lightning birds that could pick up a whale as easily as an eagle takes a salmon. Orlanth came and asked what she would give him if he stopped them. She said anything that would not dishonor her or her people. Orlanth called his flying warriors and drove off the birds. He didn't redeem her favor, but kept it for later. Her children still worship Orlanth today.Ygg and Orlanth LightbringerNelarinna owed Orlanth a favor. When Orlanth had to get across the ocean to the West, he came to her. She sent Ygg to take him there. Ygg died on the journey.In Sacred Time, how Ygg dies gives us an omen: What is the biggest threat our seafarers will face this year?Ygg myth ideas (general)Ygg is an opportunistic sea raider and master of salvage. In his stories, Ygg often finds salvage that turns out to be helpful later. Ygg is often driven off but usually escapes and ends up with something of value, although it often is different than what he hoped to gain. He also steals things that nobody realizes is valuable, maybe not even him at first."Salvage" is a winking euphemism for loot and slaves. "Salvage, mate" is a common saying of Yggites: People should make the best of what they can get their hands on, even if its value isn't obvious at first.Ygg uses strange foreign weapons and tools that he has stolen, particularly from the Logic Tribe, the Forest, and the Beast People. He also finds them as flotsam or jetsam, often after smashing up some raid target.Ygg captures people and puts them to work, or takes a ransom. If their kin are powerful, he cuts a deal. The deals for Nelarinna, Saari, and the forest queen are most important. Ygg fathers children by goddesses from many places. Most goddesses never want to see him again, but some still remember him fondly. Saari is the most fond, but Ygg has harbors all over, and he doesn't stay anywhere long. He also has mortal children all over, and they have come back to him at over the ages.Unlike Orlanth, Ygg doesn't keep trying to beat an enemy who defeats him. He doesn't hold grudges, either. When defeated, he just goes off after a weaker target.Ygg and his crew raid anywhere the water touches in the Storm Age. [This can be an interesting way to disrupt heroquests.]