I have read Tradetalk #7 Demihuman Special. Peter Metcalph wrote for Beastfolk living in Beast Valley of Dragonpass, and made good suggestion and concept to their worship which they keep and worship which they may get from their neighborhood. Grazers were mentioned in this article.
In RW, many imaginative Writers before "enlightenment" created composite
stitched Beasts and Beastmen derived from RW species of Beast, I don't think
I should mention here about Dragon, Gryphin, Sphinx, Manticore, Hippogriff,
Pegasus, Centaur, etc, etc....But exception is around Horse Nomad in Pentan
Steppe and Plain.
IMHO many tried and failed to clarify Grazer's Nature from the angle of
Connection to Horse. Wyrms Footprint and King of Sartar mentioned their
connection to Centaurs in Dragonpass, but perhaps they are reorganized
Mythology like Elmal and Yelmalio Business. For Dragonpass Beastfolks are
Artificial Constructions as Seshelan Kanthor Beastfolk by Magical
Experiments and Disaster of 2nd Age.
We also have Hsunchen Mythology including (almost-extinct) Horse Hsunchens (Enerali, Galanini) of Ralios, Praxian Beastrider Mythology coming from Contracts which was made in the course with connection between their Riding Animals and Human. Horse People Mythology in Pent is greatly obscured by many publications after Good Old Day Setup of 2nd Edition RQ Glorantha.
In Gods of Glorantha, Yelmic Religion (equal Kargzant Religion) was unifiedly written in One Category, because Hyalor caught Hippoi who lost their Wing, Fang, Claw...against Enemy Gods...and made contract to her...But where did he live? Pent? Southern Peloria? (Orlanthi Berennethtelli, Lendarsh in Entekosiad, Vuranstum and Jenarong in GROY) Animistic Perpetual Plain of Green in Otherside? We still don't know.
Vestige still appeared in King of Sartar (In Vastako Indo's Tale of Jalk's Book, Vestige remained Classic Material about Hippoi...Storm Bull took her Fang, Maran Gore robbed her of Claw and Zorak Zoran took her wings, Hippogriff in Gods of Glorantha RQ#3 and WF.) against King of Sartar, Anaxial Roster tentatively mentioned about connection of Hyal Golden Eye and Other "False" Horses. But not enough.
I don't think particularly there is need to mention about Black Horse Troop and their Diokos Demons. but Mythology is in a sense Reason de Etre of Folk Lifestyle. In RW, Fantasic Monsters are creations of Imaginative Poet and Writers...but we should return back to that original point. In RW example, Scythians IIRC illustrated their Horses attributed with Wings. Because they run so fast as if they had had own Wings...Many Oriental Ancient Relics kept Winged Lion Reliefs and Mammal-Bird Statuettes on their gate, wall and other constructs.
In Glorantha, Fragments explained how Kargzant shashiftef between Horse which has Burning Mane and Body....that is another explanation Myth such as Centaurs of Grazers. Char Uns want to revive their Winged Horses (like Scythians) maybe they think that is their Ancestral Riding Beast. (Is there influence of Rinliddians?) Gryphin is Riding Beast of Yelm in Older Version Glorantha (Orlanth med Golden Gryphin at the Gate to Hall of Dead (KoS: Orlanthi Myth)) And some articles mentioned Gryphin as Dragonrace as magisaurus and wyrms. One Gryphin guard Block in Prax. In Anaxial Roster, gryphin is descendant of Galgarenge, Pelorian gryphin god.... Hippogriff was carf of Gryphin and Mare in RW legends.
In the case of Grazers their Ancestral Riding Beasts are Goldeneye Hyalor Horses. Because they breed their horses with their Ancestral Ritual, maybe the more Pentans bastardize their their tradition, (eating Cattle, revering Sheng Seleris, changing Worship from Sun to Storm, bent to Decadant Civilzation, etc...) made their Ancestral Horse Image into the more composite, "non-natural" Horses in otherside.
Ancestor of Hyalor was called Yamsur who abandoned his Riding Beast, hippogriff, daughter of King Gryphin. That is maybe very sorrowful story for Pure Horse tribe of Prax...Many RW Old Tales mentioned about spiritual bond between Hero and his Riding Horse, Trust, Fealty. That will be task for Future Gloranthans who seek Perfect Fantasic World.
<<It is interesting to note that these two cultures were traditional enemies and spent centuries in bloody conflict. Documents relating the schism in the Universal Empire of the Sun are interesting to read. First Age tales make a big deal about the Suns of the Sun who quarrelled and helped bring about the Darkness. Early Middle Period documents delve into philosophy and semantics, while later ones flatly state that the nomads are heretics and were actually worshipping a false god, often identified as Gbaji. Such documents are all of Dara Happan origin, of course. (Wyrm's Footprint Gods of Light: Yelm p.59)>>
Pent Isalebao Clan Description
Description
Isalebao Clan was notorious for Cruelty and Fierceness even among Pentans
who get used to in the Harsh Circumstance and Living in Darwinian "Survival
of Fittest Principle". They lived as Most Brutal Warriors in Northeastern
Pent near to Kingdom of Ignorance in Summer. (In Winter, they usually went
to southern Edge of Snowline as Seleran Imperial Days, because they ruled
Praxian Subordinates in that Age.) Even after their good Patron Sheng
Seleris enslaved in Western Moon Hell, they kept their lifestyle to gain
livestock from Trade (usually untrustful and unfair traders by many
neighbors) and raid against Another Clan and Caravans of Lunar and
Kralorela. Recently they try to Raid against Redhair Tribe Place and want to
involving other Clans and Tribemates War against Western Redmoon Empire.
They kept Memory of their Long Wandering and Settlement, Victory and Lose which is Unusual Scale and "Scientific Form" only with Oral Tradition of Pentan Tradition. Now they are One of Stormworshipper Clan who follow Bronzesword Prophet because they know Great Sun Kargzant also enslaved to Underworld as Great Darkness, Lunars concealed him as their Great Mystic and Incarnation of Shaman Demigod Seleris into Pit of Heaven, they knew Only Way to rescue their Beloved Great Khan is participate in Cosmic Explorer Warbands or help them secretly against Redhair Spies.
Other Still Kargzant Tribe foolishly revered False Sun Ialam of Dara Happa which only lures them into hideous Cold Hell and Prey to Spider (That was how Lunars tricked them as our Ancestors tricked Dara Happans...they ignorantly empowered their Enemy God!), but they changed their Worship to Eastern Windlord because Prophesy of Bronzesword Prophet revealed their Only Way to Survival in Judgement War is Compromise to Old Enemy of Kargzant...Storms, they can only confront Coldness of Himile. But they also always tried to return back their Kargzant to Sky World as Glorious Day of Jenarong and Sheng Seleris....and sacrifice many blood of their Enemies to Hell....for Kargzant can drink these Blood and recover his Great Strength back to Life as Dawn.
Inhabitants
They are almost perfectly Kralorelan Stock. But some of a few Waleran
exceptions are all regarded as Descendants of Burst-blood...honorable Hero
Commanders of Sheng Seleris.
Culture
Pentan, but "Bastarized" for Foreign Influence, Composite Culture and
Religion of Four Wind, Favorable Memory to Sheng Seleris, they never admit,
but there are influence from Kingdom of Ignorance....They are Gongarilli
which means they raise Sheep and Cattle, Goats besides their Horses. Most of
their Horses are Vuansoand Palangso, and they didn't have Breed and
Tradition (Worship) of Hyal.
Government
Basic Clan Structure of Kargzanite from a Chieftain of Henird and counsel
of Josad, but since Disaster of Night of Horror, many Change was founded for
Bronzesword Prophet Reformation.
Lunguage
Pentan inflenced from Kralorelan and Startan (Language of KoI)
Military
As most Warlike Clan of Eastwind Tribe, they keeps small number of Heavy
Cavalry Team and Footsoldier Skirmishers as Standing Force since Night of
Horror. For they lived with raids rather than raising herds, they
specialized War Tactics and Arts.
Religion
Four Wind of Direction, but they are Eastern Wind Tribe, they regard East
Wind as most Important. They also keep worship to Kargzant and Sheng
Seleris, but they don't receive any practical and /or benefit. As
Gongarilli, they revered Hyalor Horsebreaker (who added Foreign Breed Horses
to his herd as their kin) rather than Hyalor Horsebreeder.
People of Note
Mythology
These Tales are coming from Blind elder Bard of Isalebao in Chief Pao, 1620ST, High Holy Day of Storm Season.
Once I was young and not blind as you, children. We cannot imagine how horrible Places exist in this World, expressly while we live and play in the Great Steppe of Kargzant and Tamar. But once I travelled to Hell Crack...evil Dijigelms crawled up from there the Abyss of Earth in Cold Age...And in young day, I have visited many times to Sacred Place to Kargzant which exists the Foot of Dragon Korgatsu lay. Dreadful places which will appear in my Tale are more than that...Anger of Earth.
Gargarenge? and Kargzant
Before Spirit and Matter asundered, Great Black Horrible Spider (Outsiders
called her Arachne Solara.) was Mother of All Living Thing and lived in
Depth of All Existence, and she only want to eat her own children and mock
their poor existence. Because she know their existence is nonsense as her
Life, and her Hatred to Hollowness, distorted Characteristic and Coldness to
Abyss. So she routinely created New Races from her Womb and made her
Labyrinthine Network in the Great Hall which sooner or later caught them
with mucus liquid and cruel trick and trap of Spider, many tried to escape
from Mouth of Spider and failed. That World was Perfect...but with Agony and
Despair.
In most Deep and Dark Cold Place, a man whom Mother Spider didn't know his Origin, was chained. his name was Kargzant before Gods of Light conquered that Darkness. But at that time, he was Prisoner of Spider and he was a only God and Man in the World, later he took his wives from obscure wandering Shapes and Gave her Obvious Shape and Form. Mother Spider feared him and never want to see him for Unknown Reason. She called him "Death".
And her children also feared and avoided him. Once she got jealousy to his power and made copies of his Shape, they were Dijigelms, but they only had Frost where Kargzant has Fire, and always Hunger coming from Coldness drove them into Destruction.
Firstly, Great Dragon succeeded escaping from Labyrinth, he had Strong Body but Weak-Minded, and he controlled his colleague Prisoners with Relief which coming from Sweet Lie, because he gave many presents to his supporters, but these presents are in fact his own parts of body, and always returned buck to Main Body. He said for Relief of Fools these presents will never be lost by Attack pf Mother Spider, he used them as Shield against Mother's minion and Trick and only he could escape from Horrible Underworld.
But that is not enough. On his way to escape Route, he was dragged into the Most Horrible Place of Spider, Death asked him,
"Please liberate me, unless you cannot do that, you will never escape from
appetite of your Mother..."
"What is your another Price?"
"I can bring you Great Beautiful Plain, and if you and I can make Contract,
you will become my servant and accompany with my Godhead Pass."
Great Dragon nervously laughed at that proposal with Fear, and went to Surface World, but he could not see anything without Death there. And he became too fat because he betrayed and ate all his supporters for hunger and fear. And Mother climbed up to Sterile Field. Spider herself caught him over net, bit his throat and sucked up his all Blood. But some of his supporters survived Purge after that Great Escape, and they became Dragonraces. Now we can see the Spine of Great Dragon as Great ShanShan Mountain. Kralorelans are also his Successors of Deception.
Secondly, Phoenix became Leader of rebel Animals, he has Power of Fire and Strong Will, though he didn't specifically need any supporters, many animals came to him and asked him to lead them from that Hell. Phoenix controlled Fire which was banned in the Underworld and tore up Network of Spider. His very Existence could not conceal his location and both his supporters and trackers easily could trace his route, Spider didn't want to approach his Heat, and rather wanted to trick him into Trap. She sent Dijigelms to Surface World. She hunted down all of supporters of Phoenix, but he didn't dare to help his followers because they followed him only as they pleased.
On his way to escape Route, he was dragged into the Most Horrible Place of Spider, Death asked him,
"Please liberate me, unless you cannot do that, you will never escape from
appetite of your Mother..."
"What is your another Price?"
"I can bring you Great Beautiful Plain, and if you and I can make Contract,
you will become my servant and accompany with my Godhead Pass."
Phoenix felt same Power from him and he didn't want to become servants to anything, so he rejected his suggestion and went to Surface World, but he could not see anything without Death there. And only Digijelms wandered in the middle of Sterile Field. Because already he got hungry for getting Dissapointment to see Surfaceworld, Phoenix started to catch Trolls and swallowed them, if he had a wise adiviser or at least a carnivor follower who could eat with teeth, consequence would be different. But that is Trick of Spider. And Hellish Ice which she poisoned before they departed took Heat of Phoenix. His body shrinked to a small size and Mother Spider came from Hidden Place, ate him. Rinliddians still believe he won against Spider, but in fact no.
Thirdly, at last Gargarenge became Leader of Rebel Animals. (We applied him Gargarenge which was Dara Happan Beast God Name for Gryphin, but maybe that animal was not Gryphin at all and more oftenly depicted as a Winged Horse (CharUn's belief) or Other Mammals which were regarded as Relative of Horse.) Neither he was crafty as Dragon nor Proudful as Phoenix, Gargarenge was Good Friend to Other Animals, and accepted any help from others because he well knew his own weakness and strength coming from that understanding, he made first distinction for control to each species. From sheep, cattle, goat to Vile wolves coming before him and made groups. But he still need more wisdom, so he reluctantly went to the Most Horrible Place of Death. Death asked him,
"Please liberate me, unless you cannot do that, you will never escape from
appetite of your Mother..."
"What is your another Price?"
"I can bring you Great Beautiful Plain, and if you and I can make Contract,
you will become my servant and accompany with my Godhead Pass."
"I am not wise enough to stand up against your Intelligence, but I think at
least you should explain more about your words."
So Kargzant taught him what existed and didn't exist over Surface, and also he prophesied about Future, and Power which he could wield that would confer all Spiritual Things Shapes, Heat and Shadow. All of requirements for Reallife, and he would become Life while he was Death in the Underworld. Galgarenge found his Soul in his Words, and agreed. Chieftain of Beasts taught Kargzant how to shapeshift from body to body, that would be also helpful for escaping from Labyrinth.
When Chase started, Galgarenge became a Decoy for other animals could escape securely. Kargzant firstly rode his back and killed Dijigelms on their Way as many as possible. Spider could not reach them because of Brightness of Kargzant. But finally, they were cornered by many Ice Demons.
At that time, Galgarenge and Kargzant made Contract, and Kargzant cut Body of Beast King, cooked his flesh and ate them, Magic of Contract worked precisely, And Kargzant shapechanged to Beautiful Golden Horse with Burning Mane. His Flame and Swiftness melted down All of Hollri, and managed to escape from Labyrinth of Spider. They reached to Surface World, and One became Two again with Magic. That is Star of Separation of Matter and Spirit World. Because Death and Life is our Father.
When Khan of Khans went to the Top of the Fire Ridge riding over his Beast, three Rivals (Basko, etc...see Book of Drastic Resolution: Chaos) stopped him, but each was defeated by his Own Light, Wisdom and Power. He and his Riding Horse ascented to Top of Fire Ridge and his Fire and Heat warmed all Siritual Residents of Surface and Beasts, raised Green Pastures over Wide Plains for Animals who refused to eat their Kins, bestowed Shapes and Shadows to Obscure Entities. Kargzant became First Khan and Ancestor of First Human Tribes and Golden Horses when he wedded with Ungariant, while Galgarenge married to Arandayla and became First Ordinary Horse Ancestors.
History
Cosmic Explorers
What is Object of Life? That is making and becoming Godhead and Herodom. We
can creat them with Obedience and Devotion to their existence...Westerners
said Heros were merely a Tool for Welfare of Society, and Easterners called
Heros of Fame were unhappy because they seriously enslaved with Chain of
Reputation and Vice nothing before "Draconic Wisdom". They are wrong. Heros
are created from Risk and Life. There is no shadow, there is no light,
either.
True Object of Cosmic Explorers is returning buck their beloved Khan of Khan, Sheng Seleris. He was terrible to his enemies and stern and justly punish disobedience to chosen leader, and generous to sincere and diligent supporter. There is no way to survive War of Judgement Jyhad without him. Because he was enslaved in the Mystical Hell of Heaven (Pit) unreachable with normal HeroQuesting, they always seek Special Method and Magic from Outsiders and run into Otherside. Sheng Seleris taught them how to understand Otherside as Annda (Anti God), they still used same method of Bursts, generals of Sheng.
Sun Worshipper Tribe 600,000
Storm Worshipper Tribe 200,000
North Pent 60,000
Orathorn 5,000
Uzhim 10,000
Uzko & Enlo? 35,000
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #395
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