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Necromancy and those that practice it
Nickeris86:
--- Quote from: daranthered on July 25, 2010, 10:06:04 PM ---While the definition of the word is a good start, I think its important to remember there is a wider anthropological scope to the idea of necromancy.
In cognitive emergence, the realization that death is something that awaits us all is a pivotal concept in the path to sentience. Which means its possible, even probable, that most ancient and small-scale societies will have some form of necromancy as a reaction to that realization, so that some form of control, real or imaginary, may be exerted over death.
Navajo religion has a great deal that deals with the cleansing of spirits from homes, using the Ghost Way.
Greek myth has several stories where a hero journeys to Hades to bring someone back.
Chinese ancestor worship provide links between the living and the dead
Voodoo and Sanataria both have heavy necromantic elements to them
If you look at any supernatural religion, you'll find some element of necromancy. I would encourage anyone to look beyond the traditional Western concept, to say nothing of the D&D
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very true. the reason that i use primarily western thinking for my necromancer is because he is western which will influence what he believes. like in DF belief in what magic will due is the reason it works, spells and all that stuff are just ways to focus ones belief, which is why most magus are very different from each other.
by this logic if my character were to meet a voodoo practitioner they would have vastly different abilities than my character.
MoSeS:
voodoo practitioner?
I think you mean hoodoo practitioner.
Voodoo is a religion, Hoodoo is the practice of magic.
There are also different schools of Voodoo, similar to the way Christianity has denominations.
Nickeris86:
i always mix up the two.
daranthered:
Vodou is a Hatian religion. Voodoo is an offshoot of Vodou and Catholicism practiced in the Deep South of the United States. Hoodoo refers to the specific ritualism aspect.
That's just what my Magic, Witchcraft and Religion notes say. To be honest I don't know much about the area.
For my necromancy; I blended the Cult of Mithras with some Ancient Egyptian Funerary rites and set the whole thing in rural Russia
Nickeris86:
"i have held the bitter chill of death in the palm of my hand but its f#@%ing cold here"
couldn't resist. ;D
something i have my necromancer say when he is in the realm of the winter court.
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