Trick
Auror
This was inspired by another thread and I thought it might be very helpful for those of us incorporating fantasy religions into our work.
I want to represent religions in fantasy without one always being demonized. It seems to be a theme that there are bad religions and good religions in fantasy, or belief systems when the word 'religion' doesn't quite fit. How about just different religions?
I'm looking for folks, if they feel comfortable, to respond about their religions on here and give us all a better feel for what it is like to be a member of one or another. If a religion is not one of the big three, I'd love even more to hear about what it's like for you to be a part of it. It will help me, and likely others, to create characters with more realistic protrayals of participating, or not, in a religion unlike our own.
This is just about personal religious exposition for the benefit of other writers. Responses obviously must fall within the MS guidelines. Please review them before posting if you are not familiar: http://mythicscribes.com/forums/news-announcements/2101-guidelines-discussing-religion.html
EDIT: it occurs to me that perhaps this should be in the research forum...
I want to represent religions in fantasy without one always being demonized. It seems to be a theme that there are bad religions and good religions in fantasy, or belief systems when the word 'religion' doesn't quite fit. How about just different religions?
I'm looking for folks, if they feel comfortable, to respond about their religions on here and give us all a better feel for what it is like to be a member of one or another. If a religion is not one of the big three, I'd love even more to hear about what it's like for you to be a part of it. It will help me, and likely others, to create characters with more realistic protrayals of participating, or not, in a religion unlike our own.
This is just about personal religious exposition for the benefit of other writers. Responses obviously must fall within the MS guidelines. Please review them before posting if you are not familiar: http://mythicscribes.com/forums/news-announcements/2101-guidelines-discussing-religion.html
EDIT: it occurs to me that perhaps this should be in the research forum...
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