>1) how were Lunes invented, and by whom? from shades by Jalakeel?
>Deezola?
The cult of Jakaleel is the origin of the Lunes. Details are presumably in Tales #17 although I have seen neither the cult writeup nor Tales #17.
>2) What are the cult of Deezola's runes?
Moon and a special (but undetailed) rune of some sort.
>3) can I find greater details on the Rinliddi when they were being
>harrassed by the Carmanians before Deezola stood up to be counted?
Rinliddi was a land of bird worshippers whose history and mythology can be divined of sorts from the Glorious ReAscent of Yelm, the Fortunate Succession and the Entekosiad.
In the Old Days, they use to ride birds (the same type or similar to the demibirds of the Dragonewts). One time, they grew so powerful as to rule Dara Happa. That Empire was conquered long ago and the Rinliddi birds were exterminated by the Horse Riders of Pent during the Great Darkness.
The Rinliddi survived the darkness to become loyal subjects of the Horse Emperors. But their bird religion gradually became replaced by more mainstream Pelorian mythology, such as the worship of Lodril. This was reversed after the beginning of the fifth wane according to Enclosure although there still are conflicts. Enclosure gives details of the traditional gods of the Rinliddi (Basekora, Shidan, Avarnia etc).
>4) Someone many weeks ago on the Digest talked of the position of
>the 7 muthas cult, in relation to the individual cults of its 7
>members. Can someone explain what this relationship is again?
In the Lunar Heartlands, the Seven Mothers each have their individual cults. The Red Goddess's Cult is headed by the Emperor and controls the Examiners. The Cult of Yanafal Tarnils leads the Red Army and its head is Bellex Maximus. The prisons and penitentaries of the Empire are run by the infamous cult of Danfive Xaron, led by Grand Master Orsorkon.
The influence of the other cults of the Seven Mothers have fallen due to the plans of the Goddess. The power of the scribes that worshipped Irrippi Ontor (led by some doddering old fart whose head is filled to the brim with useless knowlege and then some) has been eclipsed by the Lunar College of Magic which was originally a branch of the Red Goddess's Cult. As I understand it, the most senior members of Jakaleel are too insane to provide coherent leadership and so the cult is manipulated by Marshal Feodr Volkhovos, who worships Annilla. The other two cults, Deezola and Teelo Norri, are weak, have fragmented leaderships and are probably under the thumb of the Great Sister.
In the Lunar Provinces, the lunar cults are subsumed into the Provincial Church, lead by Icilius the Overholy. This is a lunar-religion-lite for the barbarians and provincials. Most members worship the Seven Mothers as a group hence its alternative name, the Cult of the Seven Mothers.
Some worshippers in the Seven Mothers Cult choose to become closer to a Mother while still remaining within the Provincial Church. Most of them choose to venerate Yanafal Tarnils but devotees of Irrippi Ontor etc are known. In some cases, whole temples are known to these devotees such as the Temple to Yanafal of the Seven Mothers at Alda-Chur. These devotees have most of the abilities of a worshipper in the Heartland Cults of the Individual Mothers.
The only apparent difference that anybody notices is that the devotees are still part of the Provincial Church and take their orders etc from it rather than the Heartland Cult hierarchy. For example, a Yanafali within the Seven Mothers will take his religious orders from his superior in the Provincial Church and not the Red Army.
>What is/was Sunspider??
A Great Spider that blotted out the Sun during the Sunstop. Also known as the Deathspider Shadow.
>Was Deezola a Priestess of the Blue Moon, or am I misreading a
>reference?
She Who Waits was supposedly a Priestess of the Blue Moon. Deezola was a Priestess of Arachne Solara.
End of The Glorantha Digest V5 #634
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