>they regard Orlanth as the king of the kods and ruler of
>the universe.
Do you tie this with the Orlanth Rex cult and its form of government, or is this sufficiently general to allow pre-Alakoring tribes in as well? The northern Sartarites with Yelmalian leaders (including even Harvar Ironfist) use the Orlanth Rex rites for kingship, probably remaining as silent as possible about "Orlanth" in the proceedings.
>Not that i believe that orlanthings name themselves 'orlanthings',
though.
A very good point. Terms people use among themselves rarely are consistent or defined. I for one can't tell the difference between "krauts" and "huns" when applied to WW2 descriptions of Germans. Does one or the other hold any more Nazi contempt than the other? When Germans talk about "the English", they may well mean Welsh, Scot or Northern Ireland people...
>And the gods should know we need less confusion on the digest; just
witness
>the exchange between Joerg and Peter based on the term 'theyalan' and
the
>resulting discussion about what cultures are
theyalan/orlanthi/heortling or
>not.
This almost tempts to develop a scientific vocablulary with well-defined terms to use, making Glorantha Lore a fully formalised science... ;-)
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