_at_Mythology of S'hakarzeel and Arangorf: Part of Alakoringa Saga
This mythology is unique because there are many different stories teaching what occurred in Storm Age, this is the version which is salvaged by Argrath's Skalds and Grey Lords in the ruin of Mirin's Cross Necropolis in Holay of EWF occupation stratum. It seems that most of copies are destroyed under the following Anti-Draconic dynasties and High King Verenemars, and the perfectly impressive difference can be found in the Minaryth Blue's research.
He collected many versions and picked up three versions for his sample, totally different points of view through Truth spells in each Lankstan, Esrolvuli and the Holayite Version in 2nd Age. (Esrolvuli usually call this cycle of mythology the Divorce and Good Husbands of Ernalda, and Lanksti called it How Arangorf fell into slavery to Orlanth, or, simply Wildhunt.) Mythology below about Aedin's Wall is different of Original Version in WWW, but I think such kind of change is natural for Mythology. See Thunder Rebels p.146. (I think it is derived from Alakorings attempt to combine the Ralian Mythology with many Heortling Cycle like the Saga of Berenethtelli.)
*S'hakarzeel and Orlanth
After Umath died in the shore of Ice Sea, Storm Brothers fought for the
property of their Great Father, for after Umath killed the Howling Void with
Harana Ilor, Elder Gods permitted him to makeup his own realms between Sky
and Earth, but the Emperor and his subjects never accepted it. Storm
Brothers occupied several High Peaks of Larnsti and resisted against Fire
tribes. And their Greatests lives the Camp of Umath over Dini.
But the White Star tricked Umath, Jakrekriand and his evil minions killed Umath through great battle in the North Ice Sea. So Umath's children in Dini had to find to live by themselves without their father's greatness. After the Demon Aedin let them meet the Dragon, S'hakarzeel became the one of the few supporters of brutal Storm Brothers, especially for Orlanth. because he could see the Great Arangorf inside of Orlanth and his potential and virtue. And Storm brothers firstly feared to go far from Dini....but gradually they knew broader area and recovered their father's territory. Many Mountains and Peaks were sacred places for them, and their mothers lived there even after Umath left. these includes Kero Fin, the Top of the World and the Hill of Victory (Gold).
Orlanth met Eurmal and made a pact between Chieftain and Trickster, Eurmal taught the Young God many bad things, especially about women (but Eurmal didn't know anything about how virtuous women (or true bitch?) behave!), and at that time, Orlanth was called Niskis the Lover and made many temporal connections and many of his lover became pregnant. (Sh'hakarzeel advised his young friend not so involving in such deeds, but he didn't have a ear for it at that time.) One of them includes the Lady of Wild. Her son was Odayla the Bear.
*S'hakarzeel and Ernalda
Orlanth liberated Ernalda from Sky Palace and went back to their own place
with his Sweet Green Woman, but after they began to think about making their
own home the couple met a trouble because Orlanth felt Ernalda was too cold
to embrace for her Earthly Nature, and Ernalda thought that Orlanth is too
brutal for her embrace with his raging Storm and didn't have subtlety to
accept and gentleness which she loved. though they were happy, they felt
some frustration because their brothers and sisters, and enemies incessantly
bothered them.
So, Orlanth went to the place of the Old Friend and asked an advice, so the Mover of Heaven enlarged his Gigantic Body and coiled around their bed....the Stead of the couple, and he taught Ernalda the secret of the Inner Heart which was hidden deep inside of her breast which she never felt during her servitude to the Emperor, and the Dragon taught Orlanth the secret of Seventh Wind and Ninth Door calming down his violence, so the couple made perfect mate by next time, so they were satisfied.
S'hakarzeel advised Ernalda to make a Ring for their new family, so she asked Gustbran to make the Ring made from Copper (Symbol of Earth Family), Silver (Symbol of Storm Tribe) and Gold (Commemorate the Sack of Sky Palace). and she filled it with her love to her husband, Orlanth. S'hakarzeel slept around them coiling over Karulionoran and Daleel, but she hid the Marriage Ring under the tapestry of her Loom House.
*Conspiracy of Orlanth's Brothers
Orlanth's brothers still felt they were tricked in the way of things, how
Orlanth killed Emperor and took Umath's Throne, distributed Six Great
Treasures to only his faithful supporters and became their bossy Chieftain
though he was the youngest son of Umath. So gradually they began to use
Orlanth's Way of thinking against himself. for Orlanth could tell them
better World to come, but his brothers could talk about more better World.
But Orlanth could still feel secure because Earth Family shared half of Storm Village and Orlanth's brothers couldn't undermine their loyalty to Ernalda as they did to Orlanth. And Ernalda was the faithful to her husband because she could feel the Greatest Magic inside of the Bond.
But Eurmal get bored with such mood of his master and at that time ridiculed him with sarcastic poem, Orlanth punished Eurmal harshly, for Orlanth was satisfied with the Peace, and Eurmal got angry to the chief and Storm Brothers, Ragnaglar and Vadrus caught the chance, Eurmal taught the Bad Storm to catch Lanbril, the Thief Goddess.
Thief goddess Lanbril promised to help the conspiracy. so she stole the Ring with the help of Trickster, (If Ernalda keep it at her hand, even Lanbril could not have the chance to steal it, but she hid it under the Tapestry, and Eurmal could find Love (he helped Niskis several times by this ability?) through it as he could do the same to Death. So Lanbril stole it from the Loomhouse, but Eurmal didn't keep promise and wanted it to keep his own. ???
*Salmon and Bear Hide
One Day, Orlanth wanted to eat flesh fish, the King ordered his faithful
son Vingkot the Brave and the Trickster went hunting to the Forest of Wind
for the Salmon of Wisdom, but they didn't have game in the downriver, so
they went to Upriver, Vingkot found the fat and fine Salmons swimming, and
tried to catch it. But the Brown Bear took it from his side and pushed him
back. Vingkot demanded the Salmon under the Name of Storm King, but the Bear
didn't know his father's name at that time.
Vingkot was still young at that time and didn't know well about the help of Trickster, Eurmal helped his fight by the mistletoe rod, the Brown Boar was killed by the rod after the struggle was over and skinned by Vingkot as a trophy (though Vingkot could not kill his brother-in-half, for he skinned Odayla in Grizzly Peak, he transformed into human form by that act?), but Orlanth felt something wrong when his son brought it to his Clan Hall.
Velhara the Lady of the Wild first came to the Vingkot's Victory Hall and demanded the weregeld of her slain son, Odayla the Bear, she demanded a lot of silver and gold enough which could cover the Hide her son, Vingkot realized he seriously wronged to his brother and ordered his tribe to bring all of Silver and Gold before him, but the Bear's Hide was too large and it was not enough, so Vingkot asked his father for help.
Orlanth realized what occured to his wild son but could not find his spirit even he tried to find it from the Top of the World at that time, so he also felt very sorry to his former lover because he ordred Vingkot to catch Salmon, he brought all of Silver and Gold in Storm Stead but it seemed that the Hide became wider, and it wasn't enough. Orlanth felt he was tricked by the Trickster and he made him upside down and shaked the Trickster well, the Ring dropped from his pocket, instantly and strangely filled the Hide.
And Orlanth didn't realize what was the Marriage Ring at that time. So Orlanth permitted Velhara to bring them to her nest. But Velhara was wild and couldn't understand the worth of it enough. So she also lost it soon. (So Ernalda's Lovers received it while they were yearly husbands of her: Esrolian Version)
*Outlawry of Orlanth
One Day, Ernalda stood up to her Husband and demanded his outlawry to Storm
Tribe,
"Because he could not avenge my brother's death but he afford to pay too
much for his concubine's son, and his brothers could not support him
anymore."
(But some story of Heortling says that just she only wanted to find her
lost Ring while her husband exiled. For she thought that Orlanth got angry
to her if he knew she lost somewhere of her stead. But Esrolians and Ralians
knew different story about this treachery.)
Hedkoranth raged such betrayal and suggested his father to suppress the rebels by force, but Orlanth denied such idea though he had a power to do so, and said he would keep his swore oath because he himself made the Clan Law. Ernalda ordered her loyal thanes to kill Orlanth if he returned to the Storm Village while Outlawry. Some of them protested to it, but some of them like Starkval admitted that Orlanth himself said that Loyality is Obedience to what decided by their leader who he chose.
Orlanth's Four Storm (Hedkoranth, Enferalda, Helamakt and Finovan) accompanied with his exile. His Brother Yinkin also followed him in the exile. Orlanth and his companions were beaten and drove to the outside of the Storm Tribe Boundary.
*Kinstrife of Storm Tribe
S'hakarzeel didn't awake long, after the sleep, he was asked advice from
Ernalda, he suggested Ernalda to keep locked Storm Village while she could
not find the Matrimony Ring, S'hakarzeel understood Orlanth began to love
free wandering as his younger day, Orlanth went to the Top of the World and
found he could see everything under it from the Peak.
Many Suitors of Marriage for her bounty and the wealth of Daleel visited the Aedin's Wall. Elmal the Bright, Heler the Shaggy, Vestkarthen of the Deep, Dojor the Black, Delan the Strong, and later, Dashing Veradash.
In some Version of this Cycle she said she could not marry with one of them until she would knit her bridal dress. But she knitted it in day while she untied it in night, she could not finish the work. (Wit of Penelope? in Oddessey, but Esrolians knew in fact she married each of them as yearly husbands.) Suitors fought each other and Ernalda always pretended to be with the Strongest at that time.
During that period, Kinstrife locked Storm Village, and Storm Brothers were too busy to guard the Ernalda's Daleel for fighting each other, some of Thunder Brothers went with their father, others were forced to work as cottars and weren't permitted to own weapons for Earth Family feared their rebellion or perfectly sided with Earth Family as Starkval. (some say that Eurmal stole his two Green Eyes.) So Ernalda had to choose her yearly husband for the difference of Earth Family Property while Orlanth's Outlawry.
(People of Holay might still believe that Orlanth is always in Exile throughout History, and Vinga substitutes her father while his absence...?)
*Dashing Veradash and Ernalda
Orlanth finally returned to the Storm Stead still under his Outlawry
because he wanted to know what his wife thinking, disguised incognito under
the cape of Wanderer, the Dashing Veradash, one of Marriage Suitors. (Some
Ralian Cycle changed this story into the Comic how Ernalda committed
Adultery to Heler and other paramours but didn't realise one of them was her
husband (later he abandoned the whore and went to the faithful wife,
Ralia.))
Orlanth passed through the each of Seventh Gates, (each of them guarded by Earth Families, Thunder Brothers or marriage suitors) these are opened the foot of Great Mountain Citadels of Aedin's Wall, S'hakarzeel's Body by trickery, persuasion or fighting . (Some says Dragonspine is First Dragon's Body....)
Vingkot and Dashing Veradash met the Final Gate of Chamber to Karulionoran at the foot of Kero Fin, the father in the alias asked to his son, "Why don't you try to kill me? You are ordered to do so." Vingkot replied,
"I can't kill honored Guest, though Ernalda ordered us to do so, I know her intention is different from it. (But don't try it to Starkval.)" And Vingkot let him pass through the door to the Hall of Dragon's Head and Ernalda's House.
(Orlanth met Ernalda in the Night as a seducer, and saw what she did during night, Orlanth understood her faith and sincerity, and the couple exchanged some riddles and poems, hinted what was lost during his absense.)
*Ninth Door and Odayla in Sky World (See Thunder Rebels p.27, Odayla is the
Guardian of Sky World, see also Red Goddess riding over Ubisus)
(S'hakarzeel asked Orlanth several times to decapitate his Head and bring it to Sky Palace, but Orlanth refused such horrible acts to his best friend (Similar Story in the Folktale of Grimm Brothers? Cursed Prince: Donkey and Boy))
The maiden Drolgard guided Orlanth and his companions (Stars?) where S'hakarzeel's Head was. Orlanth asked his old friend he could find his Marriage Ring only in the Sky World, that is the Enemy Place after Orlanth killed Murharzarm and Yelm.
But even Orlanth felt hesitation because there were Sky Giants and his Greatest Enemies in Sky World, so S'hakarzeel recommended him to bring his head and his bright eyes to Sky World, it would work as Green Star: a Lamp in Sky World (S'hakarzeel advised Orlanth to take his eye for guidance, Iron Hance in Grim Folktale?)
It will reveal the tricks of Sky Gods who were very good at intrigue and deceit, (Umath was killed by their trick on his way to the Center of Sky World, Palace of Dayzatar.) And the Dragon told him that it might be recognized as his trophy, a pass through by the Giants of the Sky because once they were enemies of Ancient Dragons. That was just before the Earth Families recognized he was, in fact, Orlanth.
Finally the Dragon convinced the King that was the best way before Storm Brothers entered the Dragon Head Chamber, Orlanth beheaded the head of his Friend and after he passed through the Ninth Door of Storm Stead and Storm Gate of Giants, it became human form: Arangorf (Thunder Brother), Orlanth and another Seven Stars defeated Gore and Gash? on the way to the Rigsdal's Position.
During his exile from Storm Realm, Odayla learned hunting skill in the Sky World, Archer of Sky tutored him. Orlanth's Ring finally met Sky Bear and Lost Ring in the Center of the Sky World with the Help of Water Tribe? Vingkot made a smoke to the Sky with Sacrifice and it reached to Odayla in Sky World. Odayla recognized his father and admitted he guarded the Storm Citadel of Sky World ever since. Rigsdal and Orlanth's Ring made a contract and he also joined to Storm tribe with his cousin Rigsdal, (Rigsdal Guard Tower situates Lyran Mountain in Mundane World: http://www.glorantha.com/new/heortling_hillforts.html)
S'hakarzeel became whole again in the Center of the Sky World, he taught Orlanth that Emperor cursed him to descend to live in Mundane World (Later, this explained the situation of Stormfall War against Chaos (Uz Lore & King of Sartar). After Orlanth and his Ring conquered over the Sky Palace, he and his son Odayla fell from the Center and went to the Peak of Kero Fin, and defeated Marriage Suitors with Orlanth's Sword and Odayla's arrows.
Ernalda was satisfied with the Return of her Marriage Ring, and Orlanth called Helamakt Clouds over Kero Fin and made a bed for their mating, and they were happy again, overlooked by their faithful friend of Sky Dragon.
(This Myth is very Youfish Version: of course.)
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