There is a cult of Yanafal Tar'nils, and a YT sub-cult of the Seven Mothers. The two are not the same. The YT cult is mostly composed of officers in the Red Army. It revolves around things like 'how to command a regiment', 'care and feeding of troopers', and 'how to make a man out of a brainless peasant in 90 days'.
The Seven Mothers sub-cult is much more Humaktish; it provides most of the Rune Lords (sic) for the 7M cult. Dueling, individual skill at arms, Truth & Honor, etc. Most Humakti who 'turn their swords' (go over to the Lunars & start using a curved sword) end up here. This cult is good for producing champions & captains of the temple guard.
I am minded of something I heard once (but I cannot recall where); Humakt produces warriors & Yelmalio (Sun Dome) produces soldiers. The same thing applies for 7M/YT and heartland YT.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Y Andrew Joelson joelsona_at_cpdmfg.cig.mot.com -|-aka Rupert von Harl; Cults of Seven Mothers, Yanifal Tarnils and Humakt | "Contradiction? No, I always did tend to kill chaos creatures anyway" /
End of Glorantha Digest V4 #369
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