That world of ancient myth that Glorantha is built on, well's from the ancient cultures of Terra. From the shores of Eufrat, Tigris and the Nile. From ancient Greek and old Europe. Also from South America, Africa and Australia.
The West of Glorantha seems to be a study of the monotheistic myths of Islam, Judaism and parhaps Christianity.
With all of this I'm rather baffled at the multitude of North American creatures that I find in the Hero Wars books.
In the lands of the Orlanthi (Dragon Pass) the example snake is listed as a cottonmouth. Isn't that an American rattlesnake? If my orlanthi would see a snake with a rattling tail they would be crying chaos! And with good cause, I'd say.
Also the big forestcat in the Malkioni lands is listed as a bobcat, and not a lynx. Both seem immensely wrong and out of mythical context to me (and really irk some of my players who have seen such references).
Can somebody give me the reasoning behind this, or is this just an attempt to make the setting feel more familiar to american gamers?
Then again... I did find a reference to racoons in a Pendragon book =/
-Adept
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