 Fantasy: December 28, 2022 Issue [#11724] |
This week: The End Leads to Rebirth Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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Taking a very brief look into the use of rebirth and circles of life within a fantasy story. |
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When one door closes, another opens. The wheel of time moves without end. It's the circle of life... These are some example of lines and concepts used to explain how ends and beginning may be tied together. When a year ends, the next year begins, for example. From this there have been a number of mythos or beliefs that also have included the concept of rebirth.
Think of the phoenix. The bird of fire that rises from ashes to be reborn. Something about fire, sun and rebirth seems to have a strong connection. While I was doing some writing, coming up with a fantasy story last year for NaNoWriMo, I developed a story that included a concept of the sun dying. It was something that happened every so often for the world. The light needed to be sparked again every so often, as one sun/light diminishes. It is also the chance for the dark to take over. So if the new light doesn't make it to the point or re-ignition, the next period of time would be in complete dark with some surviving by forced or fake light in underground areas while others survive in the dark. As luck would have it, there are also myths that include sun/light rebirth.
The solstice is one example. Where the light diminishes to the shortest day then return again. However, there are also a few mythos that involve gods where they actually die. Sounds strange for a god but then they are reborn, so the circle begins it's next path around the curve... or something like that.
For the curious, here are some links to sources found in searching for sun rebirth myths and about the solstice. If you do your own google search, just a word of caution as there are also some art installments and such relating to the topic that involve above ASR ratings.
https://www.threeriversparks.org/blog/winter-solstice-stories-and-traditions-aro...
https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2020/01/death-rebirth.html
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Sp-Tl/Sun.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying-and-rising_deity
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Does your story or fantasy world include a rebirth myth?
Last month, I discussed the wide world of epic fantasy. Here are a couple comments people sent back over the topic:
Comment by Aiva Raine 
I have a hard time with most epic fantasy books in that they spend an inordinate amount of time with descriptions and history and well, stuff that I don't care about. I like books where the plot and characters move- more Jack Reacher than George R. R. Martin. But while I could not make it through a single book, I loved the Game of Thrones on TV.
I tried reading AND watching the Wheel of Time series- no go.
But I did enjoy the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series, but I confess I skipped chunks of the books, while I loved the movies.
I think the closest I can come to "epics" would be the Harry Dresden series or the Expanse series.
I just get bored with all the minutia of this guy begat this dude who killed this guy and yada yada all hundreds of years before the plot and characters of the main book.
But I know others seem to like that- I just can't.
Do others skip the boring parts as well when reading?
Comment by brom21 
Whenever I write a Writer's Cramp entry, I try to use fantasy. Considering the 1,000-word max, I do a decent job. However, I usually have to go back and do major word chopping because I go over the limit. lol. It is what it is. There is practically no real room for world building, so I just put in a brief insertion of fantasy elements with some world building snippets. Thanks for discussing this topic!
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