Bronze, Silver from Kmnellist_at_aol.com on 1998-12-22 (Glorantha Digest Vol 06)

From: Kmnellist_at_aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:35:20 EST

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Umath gets an alloy, and all his sons share this. Orlanth has no metal of his own.
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I think Shargash/Bronze Treasure should be mentioned at this point. Orlanth worship being a degenerate form of Shargash worship, and both having a Bronze connection. I think that Bronze, being the metal that most weapons are made of , is ideally suited to the storm gods.

Personally speakin gI go along with Elder Secrets on metals, Silver seems to be the '"weakest" myth-wise. Clearly some sibling link with Ur Metal (iron) (the Maker/Grower connection) but why would Grower/Uleria have a metal and what properties does it gain from this link? (apart from being an antiwerewolf agent?)

Why are there Silver dwarfs, who specialise in enchantment, if this is Uleria's metal? What is the link between Silver and Lunar Elements? Why is silver the basis of most monetary transactions? What has Yelmalio got against silver (Cults of Prax says that they "despise silver")? Is it linked to some "love metal" eroticism that the Light Priests want to stamp out? What is Orlanth's connection with silver, or do all Storm God's have a silver lining?

Keith Nellist