• HubertManne@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    bible. ewwww. definately would go with lord of the rings if im limited on what fantasy stories I could read.

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    13 hours ago

    Are those my only choices? There are no other books than the bible or "other religions "?

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I wouldn’t think about any religion at all.

    Well, maybe I’d read some Norse mythology. I’m not very familiar with that and some of it sounds pretty interesting.

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        If you think Loki is fun, you should try the Fenian Cycle of Irish/Gaelic mythology. You’d probably get a kick out of the kid raised by his aunt the druidess and her warrior-woman “Roommate” who goes on to fight a giant boar, become a genius by sucking his thumb while cooking salmon, and to become leader of the high king’s own mercenary company after discovering his divine heritage.

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          I think kinda the appeal though is the god thing. like most greek/roman is about the heroes and not as much about the gods. The way loki goes from just trickster god that is actually kinda liked for being fun and taking one for the team to get valhalla built. He got sorta worse and worse but never crossed the line really till he ate the witches heart.

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            If that’s the part you like, then you’d love the two battles of Mag Tuired. The absolute shenanigans the Tuatha De got up to fighting the Fomorians was legendary. Their analog of Tyr coming back with a silver hand that moves like flesh to replace his lost one and retake the throne of the gods was wild.

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    15 hours ago

    I have zero interest in the Bible beyond the initial curiosity that led me to read it 30 years ago. Once was enough.

    If the only books available to me are the texts of world religions, give me the myths and sagas of the Nordic peoples. At least they invented the modern novel and have stuff that’s entertaining to read.

  • Mark with a Z@suppo.fi
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    14 hours ago

    I probably would have zero interest in either unless I was bored to death and those were the only reading available

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    I happen to be in jail just now, so I can consider myself a bid of an expert on this dopic. I’ve noticed that the paper of the quaran is rougher than the average bible paper, so the answer should be clear.