Guy Hoyle wrote:
>
> >Guy asked
> >
> >> a) Don't know if it's already been asked, or is painfully obvious, but
> are
> >> Barantaros the Hidden Gale and Barntar the Plowman the same deity? Or
> >> different aspects of the same deity?
> >
> >I don't think so. Baran- and Barn- are common elements of Sartarite names.
>
> I recall some discussion on the Glorantha Digest awhile back (about KING OF
> SARTAR, I believe) that, when Orlanth worship was outlawed by the Lunars,
> the worshippers often took up worship of Barntar to keep their "connection"
> to Orlanth hidden. My theory here was that Barantaros is connected to that
> aspect of Barntar somehow. (Just an intriguing thought; I haven't invested
> much in this.)
>
I would suspect he is not the same person. The myth given in the Hidden Gale is very un-Banatarlike. I think that the similarity with names is concidental. Of course, you could treat it as a subcult of Banatar, if you like, but I don't think it fits very well. I'd say he's a hero cult of one of Orlanth's Thunderbrothers. Things don't *have* to be tied together. Sometmes, a cake is just a cake.
Jeff
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