> Maps of Esrolia show a small city called the Necropolis (cf. the RuneQuest
> Companion and Tradetalk #4). The unofficial writeup in TT#4 says, "The
> living inhabitants of this complex of temples and catacombs are outnumbered
> by the thousands of dead resting in and below the city. The Esrolian cult of
> Ty Kora Tek has its centre here." Given that TKT, the mummified goddess of
> funeral rites, is one of the major goddesses of Esrolia, I don't see
> Egyptian-style tombs, sarcophagi, mummies, catacombs etc. being out of
> bounds. (See also her illo by Dan Barker in Wyrms Footprints).
Certainly an obvious association, but too easy in my opinion. Egyptian is only about the most recognizable culture on the planet, I find it a bad choice to use as an analog because of that.
I've always followed the GoG description of Ty Kora Tek, which has her wrapped in a shroud (like Turin), not mummy windings.
An illo that's always bugged me as being way too Egyptian. See the non-Egyptian illos in King of Dragon Pass.
Ian
> In celtic society weregild was a flat 7 cows each
I've certainly seen this, but also run across that it was related to honor-price/oath-value. (BTW, I find it amusing that in Irish, the word for wergild is one syllable: cró, which to me speaks of its frequency.)
> how much of what say KoS says about the Orlanthi is Orlanthi culture
> and how much Heortling
I believe it's almost exclusively Heortling. Heortlings are the "core Orlanthi," but Ralians will vary as will Fronelans, and the so-called Orlanthi of Umathela are almost unrecognizable IMO.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html>
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