Theankh
Scribe
I have a bit of a quandary.
In my fantasy world, religion isn't part of the story. The setting means there probably is some form of religion or spirituality in people's lives but right now, I have zero interest in it, partly because my main character has zero interest in it.
It's going to have to be brought up eventually though, you can't have major life events like births, deaths and marriages without some kind of hint. And even worse, I've found I have no idea what to make my characters exclaim! I didn't really realise how reliant I am on phrases like 'oh my god' until I noticed they didn't make sense in my world.
I was thinking about just using elements of existing mythology, like the roman gods, or the norse, changing the names and using that as a rough framework for the 'background holiness' that has to appear in the story eventually. This is more for my benefit than anything, just so I have something for them to say. How do other people deal with this kind of thing? Do you create a whole new religion from scratch, even when it has nothing to do with your plot?
In my fantasy world, religion isn't part of the story. The setting means there probably is some form of religion or spirituality in people's lives but right now, I have zero interest in it, partly because my main character has zero interest in it.
It's going to have to be brought up eventually though, you can't have major life events like births, deaths and marriages without some kind of hint. And even worse, I've found I have no idea what to make my characters exclaim! I didn't really realise how reliant I am on phrases like 'oh my god' until I noticed they didn't make sense in my world.
I was thinking about just using elements of existing mythology, like the roman gods, or the norse, changing the names and using that as a rough framework for the 'background holiness' that has to appear in the story eventually. This is more for my benefit than anything, just so I have something for them to say. How do other people deal with this kind of thing? Do you create a whole new religion from scratch, even when it has nothing to do with your plot?