Walking to Quinnsworth on Sunday it struck me that I had missed the point when thinking about the Sky Dome. (Nothing new there, of course). Although the Dome appears to be a dome, there is no reason why it should be.
Mythically, the Sky Dome was originally as big as Ga, the Great Earth, as the two deities lay together. Hence, the Sky Dome would be as big as the Lozenge (including the Oceans but not the Great Ocean surrounding Glorantha). When Umath ripped the Sky and Earth apart there is nothing to say that he made the Sky a dome. In which case, the Sky could be only a few kilometres, or tens of kilometres, in height. It should be higher than the highest mountains (which AFAIK do not touch the Sky) but needs only be a little higher. This makes me feel a lot better.
Simon Phipp
Simon Phipp
Walsh Western Technologies Business Unit
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