David Dunham wrote:
>
> Bryan
>
> > I know Kero Finn has a role in Orlanthi myth, and is sacred in
> > various ways, but I'm wondering how much it matters in the life of
> > your typical Sartarite.
> >
> > For example:
> > - Would particularly devout Orlanthi of some means travel there on
> > the equivalent of a pilgrimage, just to gaze upon it? Or climb it?
>
> To climb, probably.
To fly! But that is something all Orlanthi do on the holy days. At least, spiritually.
> I think it's a good thing.
I agree its a good thing to climb and visit --On the hero-plane Kero Fin's summer home and winter home are different locations in Storm Town. Its almost like she's the village wise woman.
> > - Would it be revered in art, be it song or other depictions (think
> > Mt. Fujimori in Japan for what I'm thinking of here).
>
> In poetry...
Poetry, pottery and possibly chunks of worked stone taking back to the clan. (Just like those plaster luck-runes we bought in Runegate -- tourists)
> > - Is it even seen as actively sacred, versus somewhere that important
> > things happened in myth, so yes its important, but who cares who
> > grazes their sheep on its lower slopes?
>
> It's Orlanth's mother -- that sounds actively sacred to me.
>
> Peter
A bit of both -- its a bloody big mountain. And pastureage IS pasturage. I think that good pasturage is at a premium in the lands of the Exiles and that they would not be shy about using it. Reverence is one thing, starving is another -- and Kero Fin has a strong maternal aspect. I think she'd be moved by pleas to help feed children. After a century or so, the Exiles probably have made the usual deals with the local goddesses.
> > I don't think this is possible. If the Ernaldans sacrificed
> > to the violent side of the Earth, they would be Maran Gors, not
> > Ernaldans.
>
> I know Pam Carlson would disagree, and I think she's right. Ernalda
> is a broad enough deity to incorporate a Dark Side -- similar to the
> way that Orlanth can be a farmer without having to be Barntar (via
> the Orlanthcarl subcult if memory serves).
>
> David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
> Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html>
> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
I think that one of the strongest traits I've noticed about Ernalda is the sheer practicality. And a strong 'we do what we must' attitide. If you have to do nasty things to survive and protect your children, then I think it's done and promptly.
Jeff
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