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Mythological background of DnD and Avlis

Encyclopedias:

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Just found this nice online encyclopedia, where many questions can be answered:
http://www.pantheon.org/

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Original texts:

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The edda text in english - important base of nordic mythology:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14726

Dante's divine comedy (there are a couple of links to english illustrated texts)
Seems to be one template for Baator (theres a nine layered hell in norse mythology as well):
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a507

The Mabinogion - important source for celtic mythology:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5160

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Pages from Wikipedia and other sources:

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Races and monsters:

Gnomes:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome
Elves:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf
Dwarves:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf
Orc:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_%28disambiguation%29
"Orc means 'young pig' in the Gaelic language, also taken to mean wild boar."
Fey:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie
Drow:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_elf
Balor:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor
Troll:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll
Fire and Frost Giants:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotun
Ogre:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
Warg:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargs
Zombie:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
Unicorn:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn
Golem:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem
Banshee:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee
Ghoul:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul
Ghast:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%28Dreamlands%29#Ghasts
Dragons:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_%28disambiguation%29
Classes:
Paladin:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin
Druid:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid
Cleric:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleric
Assassin:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin
Magi and magic:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi
Planescape Stuff:
Norse cosmology:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology
Norse mythology:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology
Yggdrasil:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil
Ysgard:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard (led to Ysgard)
Niflheim:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim
Muspelheim:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspelheim
Abyss:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_%28religion%29
"In the Greek version of the Old Testament the word represents both the original chaos ..."
Gehenna:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna
Hades:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
Acheron:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheron_%28disambiguation%29
Elysium:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium
Arborea:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arborea_%28disambiguation%29
Limbo:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(dance)
Arts and sciences, magic:
Magi and magic:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi (Enlightens the origin of the word)
Alchemy:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy
Divination:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination
Necromancy:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancer
Miscalleneous
Tefillin:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin