Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas

From: "Jason Paul McCartan" <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:38:54 +0000

"Carol Mulholland" <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VA.00001f11.02d0d3a8@oemcomputer...
> Jason Paul McCartan wrote:
>
> > The main reason that the search for Atlantis is focused on South America
is
> > mentioned in the page there: "The word Atlantis can be construed as
> > Atl-Antis, based on the Inca name for the Andes mountain range: Antis.
Atl
> > means Island, and so Atl-antis means Andes Island. My investigation took
me
> > to Samaipata, Bolivia (November 1998) and Nasca, Peru (March 1999), two
> > places that seem to reveal some of the earth's mysteries in relation the
> > origins of religion and astronomy."
>
> Gosh, what a hoot - like something out of Alice. I love the idea of the
> ancient greeks speaking incan. Or have I got that the wrong way round? -
> maybe it's the incans who spoke ancient greek...

A lot of words are carried from one language to another as they fall into
usage. Plato is really the first to have mentioned Atlantis when speaking
during philosopher's meetings. His two books Timeaus and Critias detail his
mentioning of them. Plato mentions Atlantis lies beyond the Pillars of
Hercules, which we now know as the Strait of Gibraltar. According to him, it
was a continent that existed beyond these pillars. A lot of the tales
involve a battle between Athens and Atlantis, with Athens becoming
vicotorious, even though the Atlanteans defeated many European countries.
Most of the records of this happening are thought to have been lost during a
great flood that wiped out most of Athens and the whole continent of
Atlantis in a single day and night. The only place holding records of
Atlantis and other ancient times was now Egypt. In Atlantean mythology
there's a lot of mention of orichalcum, which allegedly has mystical
properties. Orichalcum is a naturally-occuring alloy of  copper and gold,
and it can only be found in one place in the world, the Andes.

Pulling this back on topic to the idea of using South America as a staging
point for Roy's game. I think there's a lot of leeway there to play a game
that not only merges a "new beginning", but also elements of history and
mythology that could be very rich from a storytelling point of view. Of
course, that depends on how much myth can be added to the game.

--
Jason Paul McCartan

References

Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Jason Paul McCartan" <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:19:32 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:53:50 +0000
HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Plod" <plod@plod.com>
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 17:35:50 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Plod" <plod@plod.com>
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 18:49:14 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:26:54 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:45:52 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:57:05 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se>
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:46:15 +0000

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Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Jason Paul McCartan" <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:19:32 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:53:50 +0000
HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Plod" <plod@plod.com>
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 17:35:50 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
"Plod" <plod@plod.com>
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 18:49:14 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:26:54 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:45:52 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:57:05 +0000
Re: HELP : Need Some Ideas
Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se>
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:46:15 +0000