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Old 08-09-2017, 10:56 AM   #13
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Default Re: Resources for Fantasy religions

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Originally Posted by jason taylor View Post
The Golden Bough does not do a terribly good job at accounting for cosmological or philosophical notions(which are hard to devise in any event) and ethics is fairly predictable with adjustments based on priority and environmental context, and of course some weird anomalies. You can get a running list of mythology and custom and as often the main thing you want is chrome that is good enough.
since is not obvious from the above: The Golden Bough is a book on comparative religion by Scottish anthropologist in 1890. It can be found on project gutenburg, so presumably its public domain.
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