Coyote Con: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy Research
Research resources:
[CindyLynn] 5:48 pm: We spoke about research...do you guys have any
favorite books or sites? I use Kunz's the The Curious Lore of Precious
Stones and Maud Greive's Modern Herbal to base my magic on...
[Sun Wukong, the Monkey King]: Rachael de Vienne has entered at 5:49 pm
[annathepiper] 5:49 pm: theoi.com is AWESOME for Greek mythos
stuff.
[MeredithHolmes] 5:50 pm: The Element Encyclopedia series is great
[CindyLynn] 5:50 pm: Also, any final comments before we open the floor
for questions?
[MeredithHolmes] 5:50 pm: and, oddly, anthropology books. and
pantheon.org
[akashina] 5:50 pm: I use history books on the time period I chose. If I
know nothing at all on the subject, I start with Wikipedia and go in
depth from there.
[Heather Ingemar] 5:50 pm: I vote for Pantheon.org
[Heather Ingemar] 5:50 pm: Great, great resource
[Heather Ingemar] 5:51 pm: Where else could you find out that
vampires were also, once upon a time, allergic to dirty socks?
[CindyLynn] 5:48 pm: We spoke about research...do you guys have any
favorite books or sites? I use Kunz's the The Curious Lore of Precious
Stones and Maud Greive's Modern Herbal to base my magic on...
[Sun Wukong, the Monkey King]: Rachael de Vienne has entered at 5:49 pm
[annathepiper] 5:49 pm: theoi.com is AWESOME for Greek mythos
stuff.
[MeredithHolmes] 5:50 pm: The Element Encyclopedia series is great
[CindyLynn] 5:50 pm: Also, any final comments before we open the floor
for questions?
[MeredithHolmes] 5:50 pm: and, oddly, anthropology books. and
pantheon.org
[akashina] 5:50 pm: I use history books on the time period I chose. If I
know nothing at all on the subject, I start with Wikipedia and go in
depth from there.
[Heather Ingemar] 5:50 pm: I vote for Pantheon.org
[Heather Ingemar] 5:50 pm: Great, great resource
[Heather Ingemar] 5:51 pm: Where else could you find out that
vampires were also, once upon a time, allergic to dirty socks?