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    • WorldBuilding: Writing Brilliant Mythology

      Posted at 9:00 am by WhitneyCarter
      Oct 5th

      A depiction of Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon and childbirth

      A depiction of Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon and childbirth

      Mythology as we know it has a couple of different components. Primarily, mythology conjures scenes gods and goddesses in resplendent elegance or fierce battle. Every society to have ever existed has acknowledged powers greater than themselves: things like light and dark, flood and drought and the changing of the seasons. It’s easy for us today to see how placing these things within spirits that resembled human beings was a way to make sense of a chaotic and often dangerous world and to make someone or something other than ourselves accountable for life’s difficulties and blessings.

      The second part of mythology is the stories of human or semi-divine heroes: men and women who went to the extremes of human existence and thereby highlighted the peaks of what we are likely to experience in our own lives. Things such as sadness at illness, grief in the face of death, love and all of its many strings and the need to fight for our own space in the larger world are all taken to almost super-human ends to demonstrate hope and courage. Continue reading →

      Posted in writing articles | Tagged creating fantasy worlds, deities, fantasy world, fantasy writing, fiction writing, gods and goddesses, good and evil, Hercules, myth, mythology, religion, worldbuilding, writer tips, writing, writing tips and tricks, xena, Xena Warrior Princess
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