12-07-2017, 02:49 PM | #19 |
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Re: Dungeon Fantasy races in a real world medieval town
The idea that weird not-quite-humans lived in faraway lands was really common in classical, medieval and early modern times, although it's difficult to ascertain with what degree of confidence it was believed in. But a dwarf or gnome is no weirder than a pygmy or wild man, and considerably less weird than the headless men, one-legged men, and dog-headed men that supposedly were to be found all over Africa, India, and similarly inaccessible places. It's entirely possible that there would be a genocidal freakout - perfectly human minority groups like Jews and Roma did get that treatment more than once. But it's not at all implausible that a humanlike race would just be incorporated into the worldview and even society of medieval humans with little difficulty.
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