Re: Re: Bartnar and Barantaros

From: Russell Hoyle <rsimonh_at_...>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 07:39:15 +0800

From: Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...>
> I recall some discussion on the Glorantha Digest awhile back (about KING
OF
> SARTAR, I believe) that, when Orlanth worship was outlawed by the Lunars,
> the worshippers often took up worship of Barntar to keep their
"connection"
> to Orlanth hidden. My theory here was that Barantaros is connected to
that
> aspect of Barntar somehow. (Just an intriguing thought; I haven't
invested
> much in this.)

Well, I can see what you mean now!
I thought from the original post you were just drawing the connection from the similarity of the names of the gods. Do you mean that they worship of Bartnar is like "Orlanth Farmer", and Bartnaros is like an underground Orlanth Adventurous or something? Both are aspects of Orlanth, both are hidden in some way. I guess it might be a bit of a stretch to say they were the same minor god though...

Sorry I am being a little incoherent, but I should really be getting ready for work.....
Cheers
Rusty