WizarDru
Adventurer
I'm considering a new campaign setting, centering on many of the mythological aspects of Tibet and China. My theory works around the idea of a Psion-ruled larger society dominating/integrating with a smaller, shaman-ruled society. It's not meant to be a direct analog, but incorporating some of the various complex elements (for example, the Chinese see themselves as liberating the Tibetans from backwardness, while the Tibetans seem themselves as being exploited for their resources and marginalized, among other things).
However, I'm not terribly familiar with some good works (preferably written) that detail the historical relationship of those two nations (and I mean more than just 1959 and the Cultural Revolution's attempt to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism) over time. I'm also not really up on Tibetan Mythology, it's interaction with Chinese Mythology, and how it interacts (if different) with Tibetan Buddhism. If Tibetan mythology IS simply their local Buddhist beliefs, that's fine, too.
I realize that I can google this and use Amazon to do some research, but I'm hoping that my fellow ENWorlders have some insight beyond that, and some recommendations to make.
However, I'm not terribly familiar with some good works (preferably written) that detail the historical relationship of those two nations (and I mean more than just 1959 and the Cultural Revolution's attempt to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism) over time. I'm also not really up on Tibetan Mythology, it's interaction with Chinese Mythology, and how it interacts (if different) with Tibetan Buddhism. If Tibetan mythology IS simply their local Buddhist beliefs, that's fine, too.
I realize that I can google this and use Amazon to do some research, but I'm hoping that my fellow ENWorlders have some insight beyond that, and some recommendations to make.