Actually, over here its always been presumed that that was the underlying reason behind quite a few aspects of Glorantha. The phrase 'Greg Stafford On Drugs' (or GSOD for short) has been used to refer to many things. Grotarons, for example.
Time before the Dawn
Chris does a fairly good job of summarising the very different points of view.
My own current opinion is that before the Dawn, time did indeed work much the same as it does afterward. cf. GRoY, Entekosiad, etc etc.
However, as many people have 'travelled' to the period before the Dawn be heroquesting, and heroquests do not take place in linear time, this explains the difference of opinion - the direct experience of many Gloranthans is that time is different before the Dawn, even though this is not, strictly speaking, true. When people talk about the time before the Dawn, they talk about the time when the Myths happened - and the realm of myth is outside time, but has a lot in common with the historical era when the myth was established.
The problem with this version is that we don't know what exactly is meant by 'travelling back in time through a heroquest'. That is a different hotly debated topic.
Cheers
David
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