: Re: How similar can I make fictional and real cultures? If I use certain elements of a culture or language, how different should they be compared to the original? How different should the language

Long Answer: I think when taking cultural inspiration for a work of fiction, you have to ask yourself: will this piece of a single culture fit the context of what is this universe's realistic. Example: Tolkien drew from Norse legends for his Dwarves and Elves, but how fitting would it have been for either of them to be depicted as owning slaves, even though early Scandinavian culture was (like many of the time) very slave-centric?

Short Answer: My favorite pieces of fiction have had parallels against historical or currently existing cultures only so far as cherry picked parts that could reasonably exist in that fictional world.

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