>Pamaltela is the source of Animism. The whole material world is alive as
>Nature because Pamalt can feel the pulsation of his creator, Langamul,
>inside himself, although Langamul is dead.
I don't think Pamalt is crucial to Life. Noruma, Aleshmara and Cronisper have the same relationship with Amuron
>(In Gods of Glorantha, the spirit world is called the Breath World.)
>Natural spirits inhabit the material world (Nature).
I don't think this is quite correct. Note that Gods of Glorantha also states that when your breath dies, the mind and spirit go and sit in Pamalt's Council. But since Pamalt's Council is also on the Spirit World, the Breath World cannot be the entirety of the Spirit World.
>Pamalt = Intelligence
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>Pamalt is the first person, who became the Great Chieftain of Pamaltela,
>and the source of the Mind.
He's not the first person - that was Noruma. Secondly if he was the source of Mind, then how come his first creatures, the Hroolar, are mindless? I think Mind is a poor word to describe what Pamalt guards.
>Gods
Greg seems to prefer the term Giants now (c.f. Glorantha: Intro p230).
>The gods are the teachers of people. They can be worshipped through
>Adoration (personal devotion by the current HW rules), which is a form
>of ascetic practice common to all three systems and close to mysticism.
AFAIK Adoration is best described as integrating yourself into the God.
>[Adorators] cannot partake in shamanic worship though.
I think it better to state that Adorators cannot be Shamans but that raises the question of what Shamans are supposed to be? Adorators of the Horned Serpent?
--Peter Metcalfe
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