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For questions about the history of the genre: the origin and evolution of ideas in speculative fiction. Example topics include the first work of speculative fiction with a particular property, or the origin of a term or trope.
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Origin of human souls being literally dark
So, in Dark Souls there is a distinction between Souls, which are white, and humanity, which is dark/black. Humanity is possessed by those who are not hollow.
Now I find that in TES V: Skyrim, there i …
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What is the first fictional container that is magically smaller on the inside?
A container that is magically larger on the inside than on the outside is something that appears more or less often in fiction. What is the first fictional container that, for some reason or another ( …
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What was the inspiration for the diminishing of the elves, and separation of their realm fro...
An important theme in Tolkien lore is the separation of Valinor from Middle-earth, and the subsequent diminishing of the Elves.
In more recent novels, these themes appear again, for example, in The El …
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