On 03/10/2007, Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...
<mailto:Greg%40glorantha.com>> wrote:
> > Elmal, in a very weakened shape.
>
> This is likely to stir the ashes a bit, but is Elmal the Sun
Yes.
> (Yelm?)
No.
> or is he Yelmalio (who is someone like Yelm-Amongst-The-Hills).
He's not Yelmalio. That's a different god. See http://www.glorantha.com/greg/q-and-a/yelmalio.html
> Is Elmal the chunk of the Sun that stayed in the world during the
> Darkness?
If you are a Heortling, then you know Elmal is Orlanth's loyal thane, the god who stayed behind when Orlanth went to the Land of the Dead. When Orlanth and Ernalda came out, at the eastern gate, they threw a torch to Elmal, who then carried it to the western gate, went through the Underworld and came out the east. Ever since he has travelled the Path of the Torch each day.
So they call him the Sun, in some common translations. No chunk of anything. He's the Sun.
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