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- Hello Jason,
- I enjoyed your work debunking all Ancient Astronaut nonsense not only that, you seem to be educated about Mythology which brings me to my main topic.
- Have you heard of the "All Myths are True" and "Crossover Cosmology" tropes?
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllMythsAreTrue
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossoverCosmology
- Of course another thing I notice that western media tends to be Christian centric (I think you can read this what I mean: http://pastebin.com/HUmmfscB and also the western portrayal of Kali: http://web.archive.org/web/20080707033202/http://www.hinduvoice.co.uk/Issues/7/Kali.htm and also this article from the Borderhouse: http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=8736 ) which they either demonize or depower/downplay other gods from other mythologies while making the Christian one the "only true one" which this is exemplified in Supernatural's "Hammer of the Gods" where Lucifer kills a Hotel full of other gods and such. Of course as you notice this is also noticeable since I remember you mentioned before that Ancient Astronauts theorists can turn other gods to Aliens but as long they don't touch Jesus though which is rather identical.
- So my main question is this, due to your knowledge of mythology, how would you do a "All Myths (and folklore) are True" in a fictional setting without Christianity rising above all the others not to mention getting all Mythologies right (for example Talos is a sun god not a giant bronze statue....well maybe the "Bronze Statue" only exists in the 'Greek Paradigm' or something like that).
- Well point is, a "All Myths/Folklore/etc are True" would make a dense diverse fantasy setting don't you think? Although the closest example I can think of what I'm talking about is games like "Mage: the Ascension" and "Ars Magica" although the only problem is that those games are happen to be Christian centric like I mentioned above so at this point, I can't find anything on the subject matter.
- Any thoughts on the matter?
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