Curated playlist
Religion in fantasy fiction
- Carrie (novel)Stephen King threw his first Carrie pages in the trash, and his wife pulled them out.
- Dwarves in Middle-earthTolkien said he thought of his Dwarves like Jews. He gave their secret language Semitic-style grammar.
- Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels gave computer science the terms big-endian and little-endian.
- Castlevania (TV series)Castlevania's Dracula tries to kill all of Wallachia after his human wife is burned at the stake.
- A Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and Fire began with one image: a boy watching a beheading.
- Excalibur (film)The 1981 film Excalibur began as an attempt to adapt The Lord of the Rings.
- Christianity in Middle-earthTolkien warned that spelling out Christian faith in his fantasy would be "fatal." So he wove it into the story instead.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)Neon Genesis Evangelion had a manga running eight months before its anime aired.
- Megami TenseiMegami Tensei reached Japanese players on the 11th of September 1987, when Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei launched on the Famicom. The game grew out of a science-fiction novel series by Aya Nishitani, and the franchise took its name…
- Blue ExorcistIn Blue Exorcist, a teenager pulls a sword and learns he is the son of Satan. His flames burn blue.