The ancient myth system generally comes from ancient legends and some books such as Shan Hai Jing or Huai Nan Zi. There are many stories, such as the goddess mending the sky, Houyi shooting at the sun, Kuafu chasing the sun, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Jingwei filling the sea and so on. This is a very messy system, not as orderly and systematic as Greek mythology and Roman mythology, but it also reflects the romanticism of the working people in ancient China. Beautiful stories and legends are accompanied by the growth of China people, and this systematic myth needs no combing and explanation.
The orthodox classic system of Buddhism or Taoism is the most professional, and non-governmental organizations are unable to sort out and explain it. If the explanation is not good, it will lead to the ridicule of "experts". There are also various sects, each with its own doctrine and myth system, which is really impossible to sort out and explain.
The folk belief system of each nation is the most chaotic, and the beliefs are different. For example, people in Taiwan Province Province think that Mazu is the highest god, and all walks of life think that there is a protector. It is even more impossible to sort out and explain these common folk gods in a messy system.
There are many representatives of China's ghost novel system, of course, The Journey to the West and The List of Gods are the most influential. This book is the most worth sorting out, because The Journey to the West and The List of Gods have many similarities. Some characters span the two books, and both Buddhism and Taoism are involved. It is very interesting to sort it out. The most important thing is that this system truly belongs to the public, everyone has the right to speak, everyone has ideas in his heart, and truly speak freely and let a hundred flowers blossom without any responsibility.
The personal feeling of The Legend of Shu Mountain is not in the ancient myth system, the classic system of Buddhism or Taoism orthodoxy, the belief system of various folk nationalities, and the novel system of ghosts and gods, but it can be understood as the variation of martial arts novels, and a similar situation also appears in the fairy sword. If we have to distinguish it from martial arts novels, the title of Xian Xia's novels suits them very well.
As for the works of Huang Yi and Ni Kuang, although there are also works based on metaphysics and regarded as "fantasy", most of them still have a mixed mode of science and technology and metaphysics.
There are roughly seven factions of fantasy.
The first category is "mainstream fantasy", which is often compared with "fantasy with swords and shadows". This category focuses on a higher level and a more magnificent plot structure. They are different from personal adventures. They involve political struggles, national wars and world destiny. Those who fall into this category are very rigorous and read more like history. John ronald reuel tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and George ·R·R· Marty's Fire and Ice all belong to this category.
The second category is "Demonbane fantasy". If mainstream fantasy is like an epic, then sword fantasy is like an action movie. This kind of adventure is mainly personal, and most of the time it is only written on the personal level, but because of their fast pace and variety, Fantasy of Demonbane is the most popular one. The representative figure of this kind is Robert E. Hewad, the author of Conan. The Dark Elf by R.A. Salvato and the Sword of Truth by TerryGoodkind belong to the fantasy of sword and magic.
The third category is "dark fantasy". The so-called "dark fantasy" is to add various terrorist elements to create a thrilling effect. There are two kinds of "dark fantasy", the first one is like horror literature, and the second one is full of darkness and depression. Rebellious heroes often appear in "dark fantasies" and are described by the author as ugly and weak, always enemies of mankind. StephenKing's Tower of Darkness, StevenDonaldson's Chronicle of Temscoornew and MichaelMoorcock's Winner Forever all belong to "dark fantasy".
The fourth category is "historical fantasy", which often happened in a certain period in the past, mostly in the Middle Ages. Popular settings are Irish, Druids and ancient stone pillars; Nordic mythology and Scandinavian folklore, including Valkyria, Odin and the Virgin; Castles, templars, witch hunters and so on in western Europe. AliceBorchardt's Silver Wolf, MarionEleanorZimmerBradley's Fog of Avalon and KatherineKerr's Deverry all belong to "historical fantasy".
The fifth category is "modern fantasy", which is set in the modern world, such as "NewYork" in 1995. Modern Fantasy often presents fantasy and reality alternately, and magic may not be important in this category. Peter Pan is a standard example.
The sixth category is "easy fantasy", full of humorous adventures, often some sketches. TerryPratchett's Disc World and PiersAnthony's Xanth belong to "easy fantasy".
The seventh category is fantasy specially written for children, including Dark Matter by philip pullman, Trilogy by ursula Lakin, The Last Unicorn by Peter Eagle, Sabriel by Gasnix, Chronicle of Pridan by Lloyd Laisende and Narnia by Cliff Stebb Ruiz.
Factions of myth are indistinguishable. According to the encyclopedia of world mythology published by 1986, there are roughly eight schools of mythology.
The first category is the Middle East, Egypt, Assyria-Babylon, Phoenicia and Hittites.
The second category is Europe, Greece, Rome, Celtic, Teutonic (this category is the so-called "Nordic myth", but to be honest, the situation in Nordic countries is more complicated, such as Finland, and the related myths are also a system with northern Germany), Slavic (Russia was at least a "superpower" and can't be lost now, let alone Russia), Finland-Ukraine.
The third category is Central Asia and Persia.
The fourth category is South Asia and India.
The fifth category is East Asia, China and Japan.
The sixth category is the Pacific Islands.
The seventh category is America, the Mayans in North America, the Mexicans in Central America and the Incas in South America.
The eighth category is black Africa, that is, other parts of Africa except Egypt and other countries or Islamic countries in North Africa.