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<blockquote data-quote="talinthas" data-source="post: 1717805" data-attributes="member: 10339">Dragonlance is (especially in dragons of autumn twilight) pretty heavily based on mormon theology.&nbsp;&nbsp;I point to the disks of mishakal, which are direct analogs to the golden plates Smith found, the fall of the church of Istar, which is the Mormon view of the Catholic Church, the turning of man from god, and god waiting to be found again, god being brought by a native american type (goldmoon), just like the Book of Mormon's north american revelations stuff, and so on and so forth.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you read annotated Legends, Hickman talks extensively in the appendix about his faith and dragonlance, quoting from a number of mormon texts, including The Pearl of Great Price (which is where Goldmoon's gem analogy comes from).&nbsp;Also, see the River of Souls concept and the appendix to Vanished Moon, which while heavily catholic inspired, also carries a lot of mormon messages.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It's no real secret =)&nbsp;Of course, Tracy is also a very widely read person, and not closed minded about other faiths either, as i've learned in numerous discussions with him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="talinthas, post: 1717805, member: 10339"] Dragonlance is (especially in dragons of autumn twilight) pretty heavily based on mormon theology. I point to the disks of mishakal, which are direct analogs to the golden plates Smith found, the fall of the church of Istar, which is the Mormon view of the Catholic Church, the turning of man from god, and god waiting to be found again, god being brought by a native american type (goldmoon), just like the Book of Mormon's north american revelations stuff, and so on and so forth. If you read annotated Legends, Hickman talks extensively in the appendix about his faith and dragonlance, quoting from a number of mormon texts, including The Pearl of Great Price (which is where Goldmoon's gem analogy comes from). Also, see the River of Souls concept and the appendix to Vanished Moon, which while heavily catholic inspired, also carries a lot of mormon messages. It's no real secret =) Of course, Tracy is also a very widely read person, and not closed minded about other faiths either, as i've learned in numerous discussions with him. [/QUOTE]

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