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| This is a page under development - maybe it can turn into a useful wiki page once.
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| == Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==
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| '''Encyclopedias:'''
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| Just found this nice online encyclopedia, where many questions can be answered:<br>
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| http://www.pantheon.org/
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| '''Original texts:'''
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| The edda text in english - important base of nordic mythology:<br>
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14726
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| Dante's divine comedy (there are a couple of links to english illustrated texts)<br>
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| Seems to be one template for Baator (theres a nine layered hell in norse mythology as well):<br>
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a507<br>
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| The Mabinogion - important source for celtic mythology:<br>
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5160<br>
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| '''Pages from Wikipedia and other sources:'''
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| '''Races and monsters:'''
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| <table>
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| <tr><td>Gnomes:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Elves:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Dwarves:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Orc:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_%28disambiguation%29</td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>"Orc means 'young pig' in the Gaelic language, also taken to mean wild boar."</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Fey:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Drow:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_elf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Balor:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Troll:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Fire and Frost Giants:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotun</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ogre:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Warg:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargs</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Zombie:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Unicorn:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Golem:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Banshee:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ghoul:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ghast:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%28Dreamlands%29#Ghasts</td></tr>
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| <tr><td> </td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>'''Classes:'''</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Paladin:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Druid:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Cleric:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleric</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Assassin:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Magi and magic:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi</td></tr>
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| <tr><td></td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>'''Planescape Stuff:'''</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Norse cosmology:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Norse mythology:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Yggdrasil:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ysgard:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard (led to Ysgard)</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Niflheim:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Muspelheim:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspelheim</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Abyss:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_%28religion%29</td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>"In the Greek version of the Old Testament the word represents both the original chaos ..."</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Gehenna:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Hades:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Acheron:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheron_%28disambiguation%29</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Elysium:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Arborea:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arborea_%28disambiguation%29</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Limbo:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo and<br> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(dance)</td></tr>
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| <tr><td> </td><td>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>'''Arts and sciences, magic:'''</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Magi and magic:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi <br>(Enlightens the origin of the word)</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Alchemy:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Divination:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Necromancy:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancer</td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>'''Miscalleneous'''</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Tefillin:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin</td></tr>
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| </table>
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