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A spell by the God Learners to switch the two goddesses to prove the power of their sorcery.

  • Performed in 849 ST
  • The aim was to reconstruct the Goddess Glorantha who had been shattered and broken.
  • Two fragments were forced to admit they were interchangeable and switched worshippers.
  • The two goddesses were Ernalda and supposedly Dendara
  • Dendara's involvement is mentioned in an the Ernalda cult writeup in RQ3 which is now postcanonical.
  • In one country all marriages failed after three years.
  • In the other, fruit-bearing plants ceased to bear fruit.
  • Slontos is known to be one of the countries involved as it caused widespread famine in Esrolia
  • The goddesses switched back when the God Learner magics unravelled.
  • Comment:
  • If Ernalda was involved then the other goddess would have been from a fire-worshipping country.
  • Only two such lands lay within the Middle Sea Empire: Fonrit and Teshnos
  • Teshnos does suffer a mysterious gap in its gods.
  • Teshana is described as having been unfaithful and left her husband.
  • Teshnos is mentioned as having lost some of its gods as a result of the God Learners
  • The Zanozar Bas Relief shows four Celestial Maidens among the five high priests and nobles of Teshnos, but their identities are said to be unclear.

Sources: Middle Sea Empire (Book), Esrolia: the Land of Ten Thousand Goddesses, Glorantha Sourcebook, Guide to Glorantha

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