Runic associations

[hkokko]

What are the animals, colors, smells, sounds,tastes, visuals associated with each of the Runes. I am looking at how to enhance the description of the spells while they are being launched and was thinking of using the before mentioned to make the spells feel different depending from which runic association they are thrown. 

 

Found an old old link from Glorantha.com stating the elemental rune colors. Are there any other tidbits on the above. 

[soltakss]

Somewhere (Wyrms Footnotes?) mentioned the elemental beasts, colours and sense, I think they were:

Darkness - Insects, Black, Sound

Water - Fish, Blue, Taste

Earth - Reptiles, Green, Touch

Sky - Birds, Yellow, Sight

Storm - Mammals, Orange, Smell

 

 

[jajagappa]

49 minutes ago, hkokko said:

What are the animals, colors, smells, sounds,tastes, visuals associated with each of the Runes.

The original table of associations was in RQ2, Appendix D.  Looking back on it, it's interesting that Air/Storm was missed in the table.  I feel like there was another table somewhere but can't find it.

D. RUNE IDENTITIES
Each elemental Rune has certain things identified with it in the mythology of Glorantha.
RUNE        COLOR      METAL        WEAPON       PHYLA
Darkness  Black        Lead            Club/Rock      Insect
Water        Blue          Aluminum   Whip/flail       Fish
Earth         Green       Copper         Axe                 Reptile
Fire/Sky    Yellow      Gold             Spear/Arrow Bird
Lunar        Red           Silver            Sickle             -

[7Tigers]

Shannon's index indicates it was in:

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Rune Identities, by Mark J. Lukens    #09    pg 18
Rune Identities Corrections                #11    pg 32

 

[M Helsdon]

 My guesses...

 

Rune		Weapon	Shield	Color
Darkness		Club, mace, maul	Round	Black
Water		Whip, flail	Round	Blue
Earth		Axe	Square	Green
Sky		Spear, bow	Round	Yellow, gold
	Fire	Spear, bow	Round	Red
	Light	Spear, bow	Round	Yellow
Air		Sword	Round	Blue, orange, white
Moon		Curved blade: Kopis, sickle-sword	Round, crescent	Red, silver

 

Rune	Metal
Darkness	Lead
Water	Aluminum/Quicksilver
Earth	Copper
Fire/Sky	Gold, Tin
Air	Bronze
Moon	Silver
Death	Iron
Law	Adamant

[jajagappa]

1 hour ago, 7Tigers said:

Rune Identities, by Mark J. Lukens    #09    pg 18
Rune Identities Corrections                #11    pg 32

And conveniently, I have both of those issues of WF. :-)

Here's the WF #9 entries (which are noted as modified/corrected from the RQ2 entries):

RUNE        COLOR      METAL        WEAPON       PHYLA      ELEMENTAL     SENSE
Darkness  Black        Lead            Club/Rock      Insect       Shade                Hearing
Water        Blue          Aluminum   Whip/flail       Fish           Undine               Taste
Earth         Green       Copper         Axe                 Reptile      Gnome               Touch
Fire/Sky    Yellow      Gold             Spear/Arrow Bird            Salamander      Sight
Air/Storm Orange     Bronze         Sword            Mammal    Sylph                 Smell
Lunar        Red           Silver            Sickle             -                  Lune                  Balance

[Tindalos]

The HeroQuest 1 supplement Masters of Luck and Death also has a set of elemental correspondences, which may be of use.

		Darkness	Water		Earth		Fire		Air		[Unknown]
Direction	Below		South		East		Above		West		North
Color		Purple		Blue		Green		Yellow		Orange		Red
Action		Conceal		Create		Heal/Repair	Command		Fight		???
Flora		Fungi		Algae		Grain/Shrubs	Flowers		Trees		???
Fauna		Insects		Fish		Reptiles	Birds		Mammals		Human
Metal		Lead		Quicksilver	Copper		Gold		Tin		Silver
Stone		Obsidian	Pearl		Emerald		Beryl		Flint		Ruby?
Flesh		Fat		Blood		Bone		Sinew		Muscle		Skin?
Organ		Stomach		Genitals	Heart		Brain		Lungs		???
Sense		Hearing		Taste		Touch		Sight		Smell		Balance?
Emotion		Fear		Lust		Compassion	Pride		Anger		???
Weapon		Club		Net		Axe		Spear		Sword		???
Tool		Hammer		Net		Pot		Firestarter	Knife		???
Instrument	Drum		Reed Pipe	Bell		Harp		Horn		Voice

[Yelm's Light]

The [Unknown] looks like Moon to me.

[Mark Mohrfield]

RQ 1rst edition gave AIr's associations as white, tin, sword and mammal (misspelled mamma).

[Tindalos]

2 hours ago, Yelm's Light said:

The [Unknown] looks like Moon to me.

The book has the list as an in universe idea, and one where they're worried that the Sixth Concept really is Moon. Other suggestions they've made in the past has been Stone or Man.