While the essence nature of things is not generally "worshiped" (although there is always misapplied worship) the other two are. The Horse peoples chose the Spirit Sun (or perhaps it chose them) and the Dara Happens descend from the sky world of the divine Otherworld.
Another example, Ernalda is the major god of the earth for Genertela, but Genert was the major spirit. Tragically, he died in the age of Darkness and now the spirit-tied lands of eastern Genertela suffer.
--Todd
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Stephen Tempest <e-g_at_J92MZfYMjj2NfqptyQzYS-cJqp6EZrCT4cG9LeF-GDlZm67oR-jCO-As_UP14pwp_evISy7D-f_maU8azUoq_kh7yw.yahoo.invalid>wrote:
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> "Nicholas P" <nick.the.nevermet_at_ezqpsq--ZzwEmh7q8tgEdh-z5nMU7YdYdU2bk10XpkE7QEYWWtgEkOO57l_RTasK0_4gt52-ZseZ9cezT-TWV51yPT9ZLg.yahoo.invalid <nick.the.nevermet%40gmail.com>>
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> >Are there any myths from Dara Happa & Pent (including the Grazers & the
> Char-Un) that account for why Kargzant is a spirit while Yelm & Co. are
> gods? I could also probably ask the same question about SurEnslib of the
> Darjiin. I also realize that Pentans and the Dara Happans likely have
> different understandings of this.
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> Personally, I've always thought that the 'Jenarong Rites' introduced
> by the Kargzanti nomads were misapplied worship of Yelm (or Antirius)
> by animists. This still gave the Hirenmador dynasty enough power of an
> unusual sort to achieve hegemony over the other horse nomads... but
> once the Dara Happans got their act together and rediscovered the
> proper theist Yelmic rites, they were able to rebel successfully.
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> But I don't know whether that impression fits Glorantha as currently
> depicted. :-)
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> Stephen
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