Re: Barntar: Son of Orlanth?

From: Toread DuDerysi <jakyer_at_g7a77Xpg86IwE87LgPbXgwlgDqLYw7iGvkEM-4ygv9HKzYkImqq5YM_HNbf4FjTIFDWBH>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:57:53 -0000

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "parental_unit_2" <parental_unit_2_at_...> wrote: >
  > I wonder, though, whether different cults that worship the "same"
  gods
  > might not have different mythologies. For example, the Heler
  mythology
  > given in his chapter of _Storm Tribe_ differs significantly from the
  > one given in connection with Orlanth in _Thunder Rebels_. That might
  > reflect real differences in the mythologies.
  

FWIW... There's a fair number of Heler subcults and associations in the Wenelian and Islander Homelands for Blood Over Gold. One, Helerhara, is a farmer subcult. Heler is very important along the coastline as both one of the main weather influences and one of the primary ancestral gods for a large part of the populace and this is reflected in the religious practices. I think there's another one dealing with the chieftainship (Heler gave her lands, herds and husbands over to the care of her daughter when she went off to find her King, Orlanth).

There might even be a Vinga Hellerdottir cult in there for all I know...

But YGMV

Jeff