Minor trivia

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_voyager.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 22:18:48 +1300 (NZDT)


Frederic Ferro:

>Is Lanbril worshipped outside of Pavis and Adari (and all the
>Zola Fel area)?

I presume so. The GoG prosopaedia says that he is worshipped in the large cities of south-central genertela.

>When Guillaume Fournier designed an adaptation of Refuge, in
>Tatou #4, he mentioned Lanbril in his description. Later (in the
>fanzine Broos #5), he wrote that Greg Stafford explicitly said
>there were actually no Lanbrili in Kethaela and that Lanbril was
>only a regional cult.

To be gregged or not to be gregged...

In any case, Lanbril would still be worshipped in Dragon Pass and quite possibly in the Lunar Provinces as well IMO. The thief god of Kethaela almost certainly exists and is probably called by another name.

Of course it is quite possible that Greg has confused Lanbril with Black Fang (who is known to be strictly local to Pavis). He after all claims in this month's Greg Sez that Vendara is the name of the Blue Moon Goddess in Pamaltela whereas Vendara is a Pelandan name _and_ forgets the name of the ancestor of the Waertagi(!).

Nick Hollingsworth:

>I have just had a mail from a Mr Bjorn Nilberg! He had come across
>the Glorantha archives and wondered what his namesakes were. Out
>of interest, does anyone know who came up with the idea for them
>and how they picked the name.

Nilberg should properly be Nilmerg and is the reverse spelling of Gremlin. A Muldoon/Hoodlum situation.

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