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[suangelita]

Lizzy came this past week and it rocked. :D Will post more on that later

Comments

[tsunamisama]

I see you are apparently unaware of the Thousand and One Nights as well as jillions of other Mid-east myths and legends. :P

[suangelita]

Other than the 1001 Nights. :P

Why can't they put elves and fairy princesses in the desert, though, is what I wanna know...

[faeriemaiden]

Yeah, I mean... the Crusades were a really big topic back when fairy tales were still being invented. It would be interesting to see European fairy tales playing with those kinds of ideas and settings, especially in that way, where it would be especially relevant to the time.

[tsunamisama]

Not to mention the extremely rich folk tales of the Native Americans in the Southwest.

[burningstarsxe]

Because you're thinking of European style fairy tales, where there are no deserts. ;)

[suangelita]

Yes, but why can't they take that style, and put it in the desert? ;)

[sleepyidealist]

Didn't you ever read The Horse and His Boy? :P

[take_a_sadsong]

Ted Dekker's Chosen took place in a world of deserts where the main civilization lived in scattered oasises. I didn't enjoy the book at all because it was terribly cliched, but it was definitely European-style fantasy and definitely took place in the desert.