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Adapting Myth or Creating New?
Breandan:
For a direct source, Lady Augusta Greggory's Gods and Fighting Men. It's a bit sterile, as she cleaned up a lot of the sex and violence in it (it was written over a century ago), but it is one of the best compilations of the old lore I have found. It's hard to read, as its written in a particular archaic dialect, though. If you can get access to them, there was a Time Life series of books called The Enchanted World which has excellent- if abbreviated- retelling of tales and lore from all over the world. Legends of Valor is a good one to start with.
Dresdenus Prime:
--- Quote from: Breandan on August 24, 2011, 06:02:36 AM ---For a direct source, Lady Augusta Greggory's Gods and Fighting Men.
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So whether it was a crazy coincidence or meant to be, I went to amazon.com to look up this book, and there, under the Kindle edition, it said:
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Thanks for the suggestions Breandan! I'll check out those other ones too, but that was just too funny when I saw that!
The Corvidian:
Brendan, I ment Grandmother Summer, and Grandmother Winter. Grandmother Winter has to be the Cailleach Bheur.
Nickeris86, worgs are just dire wolves.
Nickeris86:
--- Quote from: The Corvidian on August 25, 2011, 12:12:59 AM ---Brendan, I ment Grandmother Summer, and Grandmother Winter. Grandmother Winter has to be the Cailleach Bheur.
Nickeris86, worgs are just dire wolves.
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Worgs, according to my research, were wolves of a evil and monstrous nature, the also refer to Fenrir and his sons. They are in a lot of myths but are always vile nasty and very intelligent spirit like beings.
Dire wolves were the ancestors of modern wolves and were actually shorter and thicker set than modern wolves. They are not the giant spike covered monstrosities that modern fantasy has made them out to be, I'm looking at you Wizards of the Coast.
Why spikes, honestly.
The Corvidian:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on August 25, 2011, 03:33:04 AM ---Worgs, according to my research, were wolves of a evil and monstrous nature, the also refer to Fenrir and his sons. They are in a lot of myths but are always vile nasty and very intelligent spirit like beings.
Dire wolves were the ancestors of modern wolves and were actually shorter and thicker set than modern wolves. They are not the giant spike covered monstrosities that modern fantasy has made them out to be, I'm looking at you Wizards of the Coast.
Why spikes, honestly.
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You can learn something new everyday. I always though worgs were created by Tolkien, and then appropriated by TSR.
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