Re: Dragonewts

First, please see here:
http://www.glorantha.com/library/elder/dragonewts-mythos.html Old POV from Wyrm's Footprint:

<<The Dragon Religion
The dragon religion preaches and proves that existence is a web of illusion. The illusion is maintained by immersion into the five elements, each of which is associated with one of the five perceptions. Through practise of Right Action the dragonewts can cleanse themselves of the webs of illusion which restrict their spiritual growth and eventually liberate their psyches to join the eternal Dance of Pure Being which is the thought of Ouroboros. Because they shun the elements they do not use any magics which are elementally oriented, including the worship of gods which have such connections. They do not deny the existence or power of such gods, but they do not support them even through propitiatory worship. Instead, the dragonewts may choose to purify their minds through the discipline of thought and deed. They perform spiritual exercises practised in the mundane world which free them from opposite powers. A by-product of this is that they gain certain magics which are comparable to Rune magics.>>

Here is interview with a dragonewt:

> The classic sources on Dragonewts seem to say that they have (and
can
> have) no powers over the elements. (RQ2 : can't join any elemental
rune
> cult | KoS gives them incapable of lighting a fire...)

I shun to use my draconic power because it will regress in my spiritual progression.

>
> Yet, in the classic dragon magic (RQ-3) "spells" fire breathing is
> rather central.
>

We know how temporal power makes entanglement to the material world.

> My game is starting to have a lot to do with the EWF and especially
> their magic.
>
> So a quick question to one and all. Would you say that the bit about
> elemental powers is compleatly wrong, and the dragonewts (and
dragons)
> can breath fire, stormwinds, etc. with the best of them. Or is the
> classic firebreathing trick of dragons and dragonewts just a slip-
up,
> and has no place in Glorantha?

Below is about the connection between dragon (not dragonewt) and elements.

<<The Ancestral Dragons are believed to have form and essence, and also complete control over any part of the world. Each of them is alike and has access to the others' secrets. They are not elementally oriented, and they are acceptable as objects of worship since they are both real and reachable. Dragonewt worship consists of meditation upon the pure principles of these entities in an attempt to reach, merge, and thereby experience and understand them.

These universal creatures are inaccessible to most beings. When they intrude into the mythology of other races they are always objects of respect and fear. The dragonslaying myths of those religions do not ever reach these immortals. Even so, they are believed to have favored homes upon the world, some staying in one element or another as a note of personal preference rather than any obligation.>>