Creating/equating races to 5 Chinese elements?

[Daigoro]

You could have a look at the elemental correspondences used in Naruto for some ideas.

Briefly,
The Land of Fire's ninja village is a forest village (Konohagakure).
Similarly, water is associated with mist;
Wind is associated with sand;
and Earth with rocks and a village hidden in the rocky mountains.
Lightning is the 5th main ninja country, with a village in the clouds.
As for metal, the Land of Iron has no ninja association, but is represented by sword-wielding samurai.

This suggests fantasy races of-
Fire - forests - elves
Wind - sand - reptilians

But for water, earth and metal, and lightning, I can't come up with anything immediately.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Daigoro

You could have a look at the elemental correspondences used in Naruto for some ideas.

Briefly,
The Land of Fire's ninja village is a forest village (Konohagakure).
Similarly, water is associated with mist;
Wind is associated with sand;
and Earth with rocks and a village hidden in the rocky mountains.
Lightning is the 5th main ninja country, with a village in the clouds.
As for metal, the Land of Iron has no ninja association, but is represented by sword-wielding samurai.

Those aren't the Chinese elements, which isn't entirely surprising for something of Japanese origin.

At least in Chinese Elemental Powers, I made a point of using the actual Chinese elements.

[warellis]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Those aren't the Chinese elements, which isn't entirely surprising for something of Japanese origin.

At least in Chinese Elemental Powers, I made a point of using the actual Chinese elements.

I thought the Japanese sort of copied the Chinese in regards to the elements?

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by warellis

I thought the Japanese sort of copied the Chinese in regards to the elements?

I think the Japanese have two different systems. One is the Chinese earth/metal/water/wood/fire; the other is earth/water/air/fire/void, I believe. In any case I did study the Chinese system thoroughly, and the system in Naruto does not seem to be the Chinese system, whether it was Japanese or Sanskrit or something someone made up.