Re: Gorgorma

From: aelarsen_at_facstaff.wisc.edu
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:19:29 -0500

>From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
>Subject: Gorgorma
>
>Andrew Larsen:
>
> > What function do Gorgormi play in society? Gods of Glorantha
> >describes the goddess as 'the Defender' and as someone worshipped when
> >peasants are oppressed. But her rune magic seems largely devoted to
> >avenging rape, which implies that she's specifically Dendara's defender.

>Babeester Gor is an Orlanthi Goddess while Dendara is in the
>Pelorian pantheon, which does not include Babeester Gor. The
>worship of Babeester is not universal across Genertela.

        Are not both Dendara and Babeester Gor worshipped in Sun County in Prax?

> >What is the significance of the Shadow Rune that Gorgorma holds?
> >It might suggest that she's Dendara's dark side, but is that all?
>
>What else do you have in mind?

        Not necessarily anything. I was just unsure whether there was more to it than that.

Andrew E. Larsen

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