On 20 Jul 2013, at 00:48, Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_quicksilver.net.nz> wrote:
> The Unholy Trio myth (despite being reprinted in the Guide) strikes me
> as an Orlanthi "Just So" myth as to how Bad Things happened rather than
> an actual myth (one in which the Orlanthi actually see what is
> happening) of what happened.
You are separating Orlanthi into two types here actual and just so. Are their other myths that you would call just so myths? Is this a difference between what Orlanthi can do with the myth, they don't go and sit in on the plot between the unholy trio, that I understand, but they do fight the result.
> For starters, Wakboth appears in Orlanthi myth before his so-called birth.
I don't think this is unusual in the mythology of Glorantha, given that myths are timeless.
> and the Unholy Trio appears to be names given by the Orlanthi to the three prominent planets in the sky (which are elsewhere given different names - the Pamaltelans call them the three star witches).
Other than the name, why is that a conflict?
> Another issue is the strong disconnect between the myth of Malia as a scheming plotter against the Cosmos and the embodiment of a natural force
I was under the impression that the natural forces were personifications of godtime events, scheming plotter and disease spreader doesn't conflict too much in my mind.
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