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: Are the Arthurian legends freely available for use? I put a bit of Arthurian fantasy into a short story I wrote. I originally thought that this was perfectly acceptable, as many books do
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: Mixing up mythology So I am writing a book in which I want to include gods from different mythologies, like Erebus from greek and Heka from egyptian mythology. but I don't know how I should
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: How can you be "faithful" to a mythology without adapting its value system? Following my sword and sorcery questions, I remembered I actually used to watch one and actually enjoyed it, despite
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: How can I portray a realistic "evil" religion? There is a veil which separates our reality from a parallel dimension that contains Eldritch abominations. An ancient empire has discovered that
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: Heaven's authorities reject person and revive instead I have this specific issue I am trying to work out: Each time this one particular person dies on planet Earth as he ends up in heaven
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: Fiction copyright, mythologies and interpretations of ancient texts? So, I understand that ancient mythologies and their characters such as Zeus etc are part of the public domain. However, what
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: Is it the right call to title my romance a 'legend'? I am writing a book and I plan to call it "Legend of (name of the protagonist)". But I'm writing in first person (protagonist). Searching
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: How to write an inversion of a messianic trope? I want to do a story revolving around the inverse of the Christian tale in the bible. In it, the savior sent by God is tempted by the adversary,
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: What are the ramifications of a character sharing the same name as a famous and established character? A character in my fantasy novel is called Beowulf. I named him such at a time I was
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: How to write a convincing religious myth? In my story the protagonist hears, in a temple ceremony, the reading of a religious/mythological text. Now in the actual story, I don't need the text
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: How can I represent independent individuals as part of a hive mind? The demigods of this world are avatars of the one true God known as Dea and built in the image of humanity. They are independent
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: Avoiding cliches when writing gods When writing fictional polytheisms, it's tempting to draw inspiration from the existing ones. In ancient religions (I'm mainly thinking of the Greek/Latin, Egyptian
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: Adding depth to two-dimensional heroes from myths For the recent writing exercise I wanted to tackle Beowulf's character. In the original saga, the hero Beowulf comes to the aid of king Hrothgar
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: What are the components of a legend (in the sense of a tale, not a figure legend)? I'm compiling in-world legends for my built world, and would like them to feel like established legends from
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: When using mythology in your writing, can you change certain small aspects of some myths to fit into your story? I'm writing a book that takes place in modern day but also involves the Greek
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: How can I write a fictional mythology diary? I have always been interested in Irish mythology, especially Fionn Mac Cumhaill. I also like to write in journals. Is there a way of combining the
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: Naming non-English folklore creatures I'm working on a novel that involves folklore/mythological creatures from mainly the Norse and Scandinavian myths, but in the world of the novel, there exists
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: Would Amazon allow sex between transformed humans (animal/object) with normal humans I'm concerned about what Amazon will allow since their guidelines are so vague, or in the case of what I am
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: How to create an "otherworldy" feel in a fantasy novel? I am currently writing a high fantasy novel. Writing this novel, which is set in a different world, I am having some trouble giving
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: How to avoid plotholes when writing stories with dense mythologies? I've been brainstorming and working on worldbuilding, structure, characters and overall story development stuff for about 4 years
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: Create and using a custom version of a part of an existing mythology In my story, I've decided to create some legends, myths, and prophecies for one of the species I used. I don't think there
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: What's the significance of ancient mythology in literature? Whenever I see a movie critic praise Ridley Scott's Prometheus, they seem to be drooling over all the mythological references, although
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