Eddings' Nations

[Zombie]

It's a shame that the Elenium/Tamuli is missing from that Wiki page.

What about Deria?

[sayn]

Originally Posted by Abbot

I always look at the Murgo race as asian decent?

how so?

[devilsgrin]

i personally saw Middle Eastern references in much of the Murgo culture we're presented with...

[Talysia]

Originally Posted by Zombie

It's a shame that the Elenium/Tamuli is missing from that Wiki page.

What about Deria?

I had a look on Wiki about the countries of the Elenium/Tamuli, but the only comparisons they give are between Thalesia and Scandinavia, and Chyrellos and Vatican City (unless I missed something). It would have been nice to have a bit more information, but I guess it's open to interpretation.

[Hawke]

See the reason I don't like wikipedia is the same reason Universities wont accept it as a source in essays and coursework....its completely user generated...

In any case I think its probably safe to say that Eddings has used real cultures as the basis for his literary cultures, and I would go as far as to say he has probably directly lifeted some cultures from history and changed their names, but what would I expect from something, which in my opinion, is little more than Children's fantasy...

I started out reading Eddings but soon noticed he recycled characters, now a child probably wouldn't notice the similarities between charcters but for me it completely ruined the feel of his books...

Now reading Authors like Feist and Wurts my perception of fantasy has changed and I see them as more "grown up" fantasy.

[Talysia]

It's true - Eddings reads very differently when you're younger, for some reason. I know what you mean about Wiki, too.

Anyway, welcome to the Chronicles, Hawke!

[Hawke]

Thanks Talysia, only been here two days and already its been so helpful, and I've found a few interesting discussions already...big thumbs up to the chronicles...