Go with Nick's acute observations.
The "missing his fire powers" is YOUR interpretation, not the Gloranthan
one. It is an artifact of your external thinking, not the Heortling belief.
>> The full cult writeup in Storm Tribe has a Light affinity but no Fire
>> affinity (and only minor, domestic hearthfire-related feats).
>
>But the final cult write-up in ST is unfortunately incomplete and
>sometimes, IMO, rather erroneous : some important Elmali mythology
>isn't even alluded to ; but more importantly, some of Elmal's major
>subcults (Torchbearer, Hellwalker)
These are not incomplete or erroneous. These are not major subcults. He is the sun, not a Torchbearer. The sun is his torch.
>I disagree completely, except as suggested above : IMO the Heortlings
>core mythologies _do_ associate their main sun god with fire and heat
YGMV, but I wrote what I wrote with intention and purpose.
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