Pretty close to how I pictured our journey through the garden-like areas of The Rusevin.
Pretty close to how I pictured our journey through the garden-like areas of The Rusevin.
Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being).
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...
what this reminds me of is those terraces with the giant bronze bull
ReplyDeleteBoth of those adventures remind me that Chris Kutalik would probably be better at running Cuccagna than I would.
ReplyDeleteSpot on. Both the Vovoli Gardens and the Rusevin grottos and park were inspired by walking around parks in Florence and Seville just like this.
ReplyDeleteA strong indictment of your heretical mind powers! Or perhaps your laudable descriptive skills. To-may-to / to-mah-to
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