> Very much is made about how the mythology and gods are reflected in the
> mundane plane of Glorantha: and frequently on this list. It therefore seems
> entirely logical to me that a culture that is descended from the golden sun
> god and his demi-god children would be golden skin, fair-haired, haughty and
> snobbish. To find a need to equate a culture, even with some real-life
> analogues, to a particular earthly racial caste is to ignore the entire
> ethos of Glorantha. Despite the fact that Glorantha is a fictitious world
> its one that still functions to a set of rules. Those rules simply happen
> have a mythic source than a geo-physical one. Fair-haired, bronze-skinned
> Dara Happans is entirely logical (read Glorious ReAscent of Yelm for
> confirmation of that) and to have dark-haired, swarthy skinned Orlanthi
> (reflecting the dominance of the storm in their culture) equally so.
I agree completely with Loz.
Jeff