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[lupagreenwolf]

Hey, fantasy writers--really good post on the role of fate, prophecy and fantasy in high vs. low fantasy

Also, click under the cut for a sneak peek of what Halloween 2011 is gonna look like for me:

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[laughinglotus]

oh my! looks good

[redsixwing]

Ooooooooooh.
Thanks for the link; I think that'll help me with a tabletop campaign I'm working on. *hmm*

[paleo]

Were-riding-hood?

[thejeopardymaze]

What I'd like to see is somewhat more historically accurate protrayals of what the ancients to Renaissance peoples (with cultural variances kept in mind, of course) really viewed fate, destiny, the wyrd, etc, because from what I've been reading and listening to about as of late it isn't like what the modern conception of it seems to be among most fantasy authors.

[thejeopardymaze]

Also, that pic is awesome.

[thejeopardymaze]

According to the knowledgeable people on Raven Radio, wyrd is actually kind of dull, it's more about death than anything unusual and weird.

The books I've been reading on Mesopotamian astrology are also good, and a nice antidote to the supposed Indo European astrology that is now a big meme online these days (someday I'll write a big rant about Ellis's false claims about Irish astrology-that never was created-but I'm saving that for a website I plan on making outside of Serious Business someday).

I plan on looking in to the literature of general Near Eastern divination, but I can't do everything at once.