On 12/19/2011 7:51 AM, Simon Phipp wrote:
> Peter Metcalfe:
>
>>> After all, Vivamort was a participant in the Sword Story.
>> In the Heortling version, he was so important they didn't mention
>> him.
> He is mentioned in all the versions that I have read.
>
The Sword Story is a specific Orlanthi myth of how men came to be
mortal. Vivamort is not mentioned the Sword Story in King of Sartar nor
the Book of Heortling Mythology. He is not mentioned in "The Cause of
Time" essay in Cults of Terror and the Cult Compendium. He is not even
mentioned in Cults of Prax where one would expect a mention of Arroin's
mistreatment at the hands of Chalana Arroy. Nor is his involvement in
stealing death mentioned in the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha series
that is reprinted in Wyrm's Footprints.
The only mention of his involvement happens to be his own cult writeup.
--Peter Metcalfe