Now, you've done it. You realize, of course, that you will be flamed by certain FReepers who believe any story with a witch, dragon, unicorn, etc. in it is totally satanic and unfit for human consumption.
I am a Christian and can separate fantasy from my faith, oftimes finding Christian/Judaic themes of good vs evil, moral values and the quest for truth in the majority of the fantasy/science fiction genre. (I also realize that this last statement of mine will be the subject of flaming from both the religious and non-religious denizens of this forum.)
Enjoy your morning. :)
Now, you've done it. You realize, of course, that you will be flamed by certain FReepers who believe any story with a witch, dragon, unicorn, etc. in it is totally satanic and unfit for human consumption.
I am a Christian and can separate fantasy from my faith, oftimes finding Christian/Judaic themes of good vs evil, moral values and the quest for truth in the majority of the fantasy/science fiction genre. (I also realize that this last statement of mine will be the subject of flaming from both the religious and non-religious denizens of this forum.)
Enjoy your morning. :)
Please excuse my post hiccup. I have yet to figure out why sometimes I get these annoying duplicate posts. I'm sure I pressed the post button once. Oh, well...
I grew up with a bookcase FULL of Grimms Faerie Tales, Norse, Greek, Roman Tales of the gods & godesses, I read Hiawatha "By the lakes of Gitchegoomie" (as far as I remember), I had all my "Golden Leaves" books of science and adventures. Peter Pan, The Illiad, etc.
I read all these before I could even read - with the help of my mother of course.
The books I wore out, but now, over 50 years later, I STILL have that same bookcase my father made me and it's filled with more books and even the HOBBIT books with more tales of dragons, glory, good vs evil.
I make sure my grandkids now have copies of the UNEDITED versions of these sagas of mankind.