Re: Valkyries, Vinga

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:09:22 +0100 (BST)


Jane Williams:
> A quick re-read of the Genertela book tells me that the barbarians over
> there (most of whom seem to be Hsunchen) "acknowledge" the Orlanth
> pantheon, but I wouldn't mind betting it looks very different to the
> pantheon us Sartarites are familiar with.

Lots of Hsunchen in Fronela, but I think the former occupants (or their former culture, at any rate) of Charg and Jonatela were authenticly "barbarian", though I agree, likely to be lots and lots different from the "norm". Non-Heortling almost certainly, perhaps non-Vingkotling too. Don't know of "intact" examples of any barbarian culture there.

> What are Valkyries like, anyway?

The Norse types seem to have been associated at least in part with Freyja, if I recall my (strictly Pop) knowledge of Norse myth correctly. (And with Odin too, I think.) The goddess of Sex and Death, and Pendragon puts it in endearingly tabloid fashion. ;-) I can't think of a close analogue in Glorantha, at least not an "Orlanthi" one.

> Looks to me like there's a fun and exciting cult
> waiting for someone to discover it: but it isn't Vinga. And really,
> wouldn't it be boring if it was?

Concur.

Slainte,
Alex.


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