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== Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==
== Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==
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'''Encyclopedias:'''
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'''Races and monsters:'''
'''Races and monsters:'''
Gnomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome
Gnomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome<br>
Elves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf
Elves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf<br>
Dwarves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf
Dwarves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf<br>
Orc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_%28disambiguation%29
Orc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_%28disambiguation%29
"Orc means 'young pig' in the Gaelic language, also taken to mean wild boar."
"Orc means 'young pig' in the Gaelic language, also taken to mean wild boar."

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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


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 (Quite interesting: 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin