Heck, I still draw on plenty of Bronze Age sources for Glorantha -
especially the Heortlings (and Vingkotlings). The Illiad and the
Odyssey are great sources of inspiration - but so is the
Heimskringlasaga. Much of my thinking about Glorantha ultimately
stems from ideas I had while doing an archaeological internship in
Greece.
The problem with Bronze Age sources is that it is mostly archaeology
and Homer (which are dangerous to combine - see Schliemann). There
just isn't as much known about Bronze Age societies as there is about
Viking Age Scandanavia or Anglo-Saxon England or Medieval Irish.
There certainly aren't as many surviving tales and stories (Gilgamesh
aside).
For what it is worth, "The Age of Bronze" is a comic book adaptation
of the Illiad and is a great source of visual and storytelling
inspiration.
Jeff
> Guy
>
> >Ah, Troy. I remember back when I thought that Glorantha was a
Bronze Age
> >setting (i.e., Greece, Troy, etc.), before all the Celto-Nordic
imagery
> >(circa RQ 1-2).
>
> Glorantha's a pretty versatile setting. I think you could run a
fine
> Bronze Age game in Pelanda, perhaps even featuring Daxdarius. (The
> details are in the Entekosiad, which would require a bit of
> extrapolating to use -- better done on the Glorantha Digest.)
>
> My Daxdarius game was a one-shot, and was told from the Stone Age
> point of view. Some info is on my web site.
> --
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein