Yea, this answer is from way back.
>> Can anyone point me to a "trickster steals fire" myth for
>> Glorantha, preferably heortling?
>
>According to the cult in Questlines 1:
>
>"Firebringer
>Eurmal the Lightbringer is an important god in the Theyalan
>culture..." The rune magic is Hide Fire.
One time the LB were all captured by Darkness forces and kept prisoner in
Argan Argar's basement. Eurmal turned himself into a raven, hence a
"darkness creature," and escaped. He hung around for a while with the other
dark forces, drinking the intoxicating drink that Zorak Zoran's boys
served, but got bored and so stole the bottle and flew away. The demons
pursued, but Eurmal spat at them and drove them back. The first spit was a
fire that made a fire for a human, the second for a god and the third for
destruction. The demons stopped pursuing, and when they got back home they
found that the other Lightbringers had escaped.
The human who got the fire is, in various rites, Heort, Hantrafl or Stilfin
(aka, Fire Maker).
The god is often, in different rites, Orlanth who wakes up slowly and warms
those nearby; Yinkin, who goes and thaws Orlanth; or Elmal, who wakes and
sits up quickly.
The destructive fire is usually identified with Oakfed.
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