> > So i wondered if there were any non-Heortling Orlanthi in Glorantha
> >(and especially Genertela). People who worship Orlanth but don't know about
> >Heort (and possibly worship another survivor hero instead).
Yes there are, but not very much is known about them. More details likely to be developed over the coming years. :-)
(BTW : thanx for the 'Resanti' word Peter)
No-one knows very much about the Orlanthi of Ralios (East Wilds), or those who live among the high valleys of the Western Rockwoods. These are similar to those Orlanthi that are described in "Dorastor" ; although that book is out of date in this respect. Some of the Orlanthi of "Dorastor" would be Alakorings, but not all of them. Those living west of Dorastor probably aren't. There might be some Vadrudi clans in the Rockwoods, too.
Also, there are a few peoples (the Esrolians being the primary example) who do worship Orlanth but are not "Orlanthi".
> There are Harandings who worship Orlanth as a boar. They live west
> of the Holy Country.
These are not the only people west of the Holy Country who know of Orlanth.
I doubt that they all worship him "as" a boar ; the more primitive ones certainly do. But the Storm Boar *iconography* would certainly be widespread, even reaching into Esrolia.
Orlanth worship west of the HC is probably best not discussed until ST has been released, and the final decisions have been made official.
> The Talastari claim descent from Talast (although
> he is really a Vingkotling-era hero) while the Sylilans pay homage to
> Odayla. The Orlanthi of Lankst honor Alakoring as their founder hero
> (although he was active around the Imperial Age) as do many Pelorian
> tribes, while the East Wilds Orlanthi (being barely civilized ex-hsunchen)
> are another distinct people. The only other Orlanthi people that I
> know are the Umathelans.
I think that there's the odd displaced clan towards Arolanit, spending most of their time running away from everybody else : poor buggers if they do exist ; and unworthy of inclusion in a core HW book...
People involved in Westfaring or left behind during such activity, I believe.
> There are a couple of non-Orlanthi storm worshippers - the most common
> being the Yiggites (whose main god is Ygg Valindsson) and the Storm
> Pentans.
There are also the Hrimthur, described on p.153 of AR.
Julian Lord
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