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== Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==
== Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==

Revision as of 07:25, 28 July 2007

User, GS and Board name: Yorlik

PCs: Fraudoc Loclac, Slagg, Arrarrrk Arrk'Rrawrou, Grook


Stuff:

Images:

Foigosaurus

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Web Of Angadar Stamp

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Shrink and Patient

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Mythological background of DnD and Avlis

Encyclopedias:


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


Original texts:


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


Pages from Wikipedia and other sources:


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