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...
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ReplyDeletePinging Robert Parker upon his return from the Hot Hell (ie Texas).
ReplyDeleteCan't think of anything else off the bat. I suppose that I am the negotiator. Humza K Weren't there some items you could research?
ReplyDeleteRobert Parker will try to remember what some research items were. That said it's also probably a good idea for me to lay in some scrolls because I kept on forgetting to do so earlier and they're a great force multiplier - and can't be scribed while I research.
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