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Theres also the idea of realism. The world is, honestly, a violent place. No matter what we wish and hope and no matter hard how we close our eyes, there's violence all over the place everywhere in the world, often on large scales. And it has been that way all of history. If someone writes a...

FLOKI NO! I loved the show. As for the trailer...why is the battle shirts versus skins xD

Well I call all the stories in any religion mythology, including my own, because thats what they are. Straight from wikipedia: "They [myths] are used to convey religious or idealized experience, to establish behavioral models, and to teach." Which all religions do.

People love reading books with new mythologies. People also love reading books with old mythologies. I love both for instance. As to making your own mythology...woo-weee. I could fill a book with the mythology I've already written - in fact I plan too lol. My advice for writing mythology is...

Well according to wikipedia: Because of its aerodynamic circular shape it is not easily deflected by wind. So thats good. It cuts right through it. I was thinking something similar about the formations. These people would have paths in the mountains, but not really passes. I was thinking there...

I would have seen it more as: 1. Earth- Flesh - Many Cultures have humans arising out of dust or dirt, shaped by clay, etc. 2.Air-Breath - Makes sense, I agree as it seems rather intuitive. 3.Fire-Emotion - All of our emotions are based on passion or the loss thereof, which fire personifies...

So I thought a thread about how ancient peoples waged war in certain places, like deserts, plains, hills, arctic areas, etc. would be useful. If you're asking you should also include technology level so that answers can be more helpful to your setting. Ill begin of course. How would a society...

From what I've read, elephants were more useful for the terror of these huge things lumbering at your armies and for breaking up armies quickly. They werent really cavalry cause putting them among your other troops was a bad idea, since when shot they kinda went berserk and didnt care about...

Of course, to each his own. It just doesnt sound appealing to me...but then again most people seem to like the sound of Italian and it just annoys me so much, so its probably just me.

snabjorn is using the differing colors as any easy way to show their alignment, just like light is aligned with good, darkness is aligned with evil. Personally, I never liked it not because of racial patterns, but because evil is rarely so out and open.

I meant actual myths about events that conflict, like their billion creation myths, different gods in similar roles and etc, plus which gods are the most important differed from city to city, while some other mythologies, like Greek and Norse, most cities in the same time period agreed that Zeus...

Mythopoet! I have Odyssey reread on my reading list as I bought a copy for that reason, but I'm waiting to find a good copy of the Iliad first. Translator suggestions? I got Fagles for Odyssey. Aside from that, i picked up Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler. It is a very odd...

Anyone else know about the Cosmere? If not, be warned that to look it up is to spoil the whole idea. If you resist that, I advise you to look for common names between books...

I love mythology, and Egypt is up there for my favorites. I got no questions, just chiming in to say I'll give my help as well. Actually, on a second thought I do have a question. Mythology always has a thousand different canons due to different writers from different backgrounds hearing...

I enjoy debating too, so I know what you mean 'cause I don't argue much, I just discuss. That said, that stereotype nowadays is usually applied to Ashkenazi Jews, actually the other Jews are pretty much ignored, and people are always suprised when I tell them I'm a hispanic Jew. Yes, you can be...