>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.
The Grazers are descended from both Centaurs and Pure Horse People. What happened was that after getting kicked out of Prax, the Grazers became adopted by the Beast People _and_ adopted some separated Pain Centaurs (who quickly became the leaders because they were young, virile, and magically powerful and also because the other people were children, crippled warriors and old people). So the Grazers have two mythologies of their origins: one told by the leaders and one told by everybody else.
>Horse People Mythology in Pent is greatly obscured by
>many publications after Good Old Day Setup of 2nd Edition RQ Glorantha.
The first portion of the description of Pentan History in the Glorantha: Intro p173-174 is straight from RQ2.
>But where did [Hyalor] live?
AFAIK Hyalor lived in Pent during the early struggles of the Gods War. All other appearances of Horse Peoples postdate this event and their appearances in diverse places can be seen in the terms of migration during those dark and troubled times.
>Ancestor of Hyalor was called Yamsur who abandoned his Riding Beast,
>hippogriff, daughter of King Gryphin.
Careful now. Yamsur is not mentioned among the Grazer Gods in KoS. Since the only specific mention of him is in Prax (he fights for Genert according to Glorantha: Intro p16), it's probable that he is an extinct deity of the Greatlands. If so, the Pure Horse People would have claimed a fictitious descent from Yamsur when they lived in Prax so they could fit in the mythic landscape. But the Pentans, the CharUn and the Grazers do not acknowledge the relationship because they have no need for it.
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #396
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