>Heort's experience (along that of with his other Unity Council
>counterparts) is unique (at least among humans). If you aren't a
>Heortling, you don't have IFWW. Maybe you have some other story about
>how your ancestors survived the Darkness by learning to eat bark, or
>by falling asleep, but unless you were from one of those handful of
>population centers (like the Heortlings, the Dara Happans, the
>Malkioni, etc), your own mythology will likely gloss over how we got
>from the Darkness to the Dawn (like simply saying something like the
>gods came back for whatever reason).
>
>Obviously, the other population centers each have their own epic tale
>of not only surviving but defeating the Darkness. But that tale is
>not IFWW.
Its interesting to see how Glorantha has evolved - IFWW used
to be described as a truly universal myth, uniting the elves, the
trolls, the malkioni (before we even had a name for them), etc. Now
its a Heortling myth only.
Regards
David