> The Red Moon was part of Glorantha (crater).
> Glorantha doesn't rotate, so why should the Red Moon?
The Red Moon is the embodiment of Sedenya the Turner. Sedenya turns, so why wouldn't the Red Moon?
>> Hmmm ... maybe, instead of staring fixedly southwards, >> the Moon rotates anticlockwise...
> Have a look at Tales # Lunar Special. The map of the red moon=20
> shows a place (doesn't remember the name at the moment) where
> spears can be found standing, with tips into the sky, en masse.
Yes, Andre. That article is also the *only* place where the moon is =
stated
to stare fixedly southwards. It's reasonable to expect the article to be
internally consistent (by e.g. including the spiky place you mention on =
the
map and gazetteer). But it's *not* reasonable to expect us to accept =
every
minor detail of that article, if you already know we don't like one of =
its
major themes.
> Silver Shadow has to be special place what so ever. At least=20
> there should be a special explanation for Glamour, and surriunding
> area.
I completely agree. This is the throbbing, pulsing heart of Lunar Power where it touches the Middle World.
> IMHO Glamour (and may be Silver Shadow at all) should have=20
> ALWAYS have a full moon.
That sounds potentially unbalanced to me; OTOH, even before the Glowline
existed, IMO you'd have gained some sort of "Glowline-like" benefits =
from
being in the Silver Shadow.
> Another problem is the shadow of the Red Moon; the REAL one=20
> that appears on Glorantha when the Red Moon is between an area
> of Glorantha and Yelm. Wouldn't Glamour be most of the time in
> shadow?
No, because Yelm isn't eclipsed by the Red Moon anywhere within the =
world of
Glorantha. Yelm is not vertically overhead at noon in Glamour -- his =
path
lies to the south, of course, and *apparently* even further south in =
Dark
and Storm seasons. (Actually, it's just lower in the sky, then... more =
in
this vein on request).
Irritating scientific types who screw around with horizons -- nothing
personal, guys! -- like to speculate about a Permanent Lunar Eclipse =
Zone
somewhere up in the uninhabitable tundra; if so minded, you can find =
their
annoying screeds (none of which have accomplished anything noteworthy) =
with
a good search engine (try: www.google.com for eclipse+glorantha, then =
get
more results from the *excellent* temppeli Glorantha Digest archives, =
and
pull off the relevant posts - *not* the "By Subject" or "By Thread" =
index
entries).
Cheers, Nick
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