Resources for Fantasy religions

Anders · 08-01-2017, 01:27 PM

What resources do you have for developing fantasy religions? I tend to go look for the early progenitors of polytheistic religions - the ancient Proto Indo-European (PIE), Semitic and Uralic religions. Here are some links in case anyone is interested:

Wikipeda: Proto-Indo-European Religion
Wikipedia: Ancient Semitic Religion
Wikipedia: Uralic mythologies

For Proto-Indo European religion, there is also this page by a Ceisiwr Serith. He has done a lot of work trying to reconstruct PIE religion. Whether his results have anything to do with actual PIE religion... who knows? But it's fertile ground for generating world building ideas.
Another good source is this YouTube playlist for "Crash Course Mythology. A little bit of silliness, but a great resource.

As you notice, I am terribly eurocentric, so if anyone has good resources on proto-Sino religion or the various religious systems of the Americas, that would be great.

And of course, let's keep this thread agnostic about the existence of divine figures. This thread is explicitly about gaming purposes.

08-01-2017, 01:27 PM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Resources for Fantasy religions What resources do you have for developing fantasy religions? I tend to go look for the early progenitors of polytheistic religions - the ancient Proto Indo-European (PIE), Semitic and Uralic religions. Here are some links in case anyone is interested: Wikipeda: Proto-Indo-European Religion Wikipedia: Ancient Semitic Religion Wikipedia: Uralic mythologies For Proto-Indo European religion, there is also this page by a Ceisiwr Serith. He has done a lot of work trying to reconstruct PIE religion. Whether his results have anything to do with actual PIE religion... who knows? But it's fertile ground for generating world building ideas. Another good source is this YouTube playlist for "Crash Course Mythology. A little bit of silliness, but a great resource. As you notice, I am terribly eurocentric, so if anyone has good resources on proto-Sino religion or the various religious systems of the Americas, that would be great. And of course, let's keep this thread agnostic about the existence of divine figures. This thread is explicitly about gaming purposes. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius Last edited by Anders; 08-01-2017 at 01:30 PM.