>Because her other rune is life. She doesn't embody the whole
>of harmony and certainly not the harmony of the Hunter Gods.
I could easily be wrong about this, but I've always thought that having the double rune meant that you did embody the whole of the rune. So Humakt is death, Orlanth is Air, and so on. Every god who uses a power derives it in some sense from the holder of that rune. Or have I been mistaken all these years?
Andrew E. Larsen notes:
> Another problem arises with the cults niche in the 'religious ecology'.
>If Chalanans are diplomats, doesn't that duplicate Issaries' function as a
>diplomat and conciliator? While it's certainly possible for two cults to
>have similar functions, I think there'd be a strong tendency for cults to
>gravitate toward their unique functions.
Well, I thought about mentioning Issaries, but I was trying to be terse (there's Orlanth Goldentongue, too, for what it's worth). I'm thinking that the Chalanans would be diplomats and the Issarians envoys. In other words, Issaries looks out for those who go out carrying messages and making new contacts (and encountering people who don't respect the sanctity of the Chalanans), while Chalana Arroy teaches people to heal conflict within society and repair bonds that have been broken by war, distrust, whatever. So you send the White Healer to talk to the next clan or tribe and the Merchant to negotiate with the neighboring king or that empire. Or is this too specialized?
Thanks to the rest of you who responded.
Peter Larsen
End of The Glorantha Digest V7 #738
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