Most people don't worship Primal Orlanth. That's what Aspects are for (and subcults, and heroes...). The farther way from the "One True Orlanth" you get (or the One True Ernalda, or One True Humakt, any of the other gods) the easier it is to identify with him. It is much easier to identify with "Flying Orlanth" or "Orlanth the Nice Daddy" or "Orlanth the Farmer" than with the power of Storm, Male Fertility, Rebirth, Culture, Right-Thinking, Anti-Chaos, Conservative Radicalism, and Movement.
Who is to say that one is *not* blasted insane when they learn the game-leaving Secret of Great Orlanth? Or blasted sane, for that matter, or transcend Sanity & Insanity entirely (True Gloranthan Mysticism, not the weak HW version)?
You'll note that no-one advocates worship of the Red Moon instead of her aspects Natha, Rufelza, Taraltara. Or the Sun instead of Yelm's aspects/Sons.
Uleria is too primal to be worshipped directly by sane people (so are Orlanth et al.). Instead, she can be seen in part in Orlanthdovar, Niskis, Durev, Orane, Vela, etc. A temple to Uleria can either be a Temple to an aspect, or a wierdness so vast that it warps everything around it.
RR
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