Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
Anything about the theology of those "Sun Lord Amish" guys who want to reconcile the Sun-Lord with the celestial lady?
ReplyDeleteAny interesting stuff about the old-Pahr or cossack regions where Taurus probably comes from?
cole long ok details about the Brethren of the Supernal Skies and the Sea of Grass coming then.
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ReplyDeleteHave sages ever questioned whether humans were native to this world, and if so, where do they think they came from?
ReplyDeleteAre there any stories of people going to or coming from the other 3 quarters of the turtle's back?
Started writing answers today.
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