Lodril is quite clearly not a sky god - he is the cthonic Lord of Below (which is the Earth and the Underworld). His brother Yelm is, but Lodril is corrupted by contact with the earth. As it is written in the Glorious Reascent of Yelm:
"Then Lodril, the third brother, touched upon the earth with both feet, and then both hands. He was gross and indulged in the physical, and he had no shame. He buried himself beneath the fertile dirt to be beyond the sight of all his kinfolk. There he grew knowledgeable of the Lower World and at the same time was polluted. Thus by his own actions Lodril exiled himself from the pure heavens forever. .....
"Lodril was a brother of Yelm. He was a pure being when he came down from the sky, but when he touched upon the earth he landed with both feet, and then both hands, and finally fell prone upon it. But he enjoyed it, and explored this hard thing he was upon, and determined to be a part of it and make it better.
Both Yelm and Dayzatar warned him against trying this, for “the Fireworld is the Fireworld, and the Earthworld can only bring shame.†But Lodril ignored them, and indulged utterly in the physical and sensual, and he had no shame in covering himself with mud. He often buried himself in the fertile dirt, and as he lay there beyond the sight of all his kinfolk he grew knowledgeable of the Lower World. In that way he was polluted, and by his own actions he permanently exiled himself from the pure heavens. He said he did not care."
And that is why he is associated with the Earth Rune and not the Fire.
Jeff
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