tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post3590595111337279032..comments2023-08-21T02:23:54.992-05:00Comments on Timothy's Thoughts: False Prophecies Don't ExistTimothy Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post-58349531346178989092009-12-03T21:16:42.821-06:002009-12-03T21:16:42.821-06:00anicalewis,
I can't say I've read the who...anicalewis,<br /><br />I can't say I've read the whole thing, but I've got a copy <i>Tough Guide to Fantasyland</i> around here somewhere.Timothy Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post-52319811719588933062009-12-03T14:02:43.320-06:002009-12-03T14:02:43.320-06:00Have you read Diana Wynne Jones' Tough Guide t...Have you read Diana Wynne Jones' <i>Tough Guide to Fantasyland</i>? It's hilarious, and has a mention of prophecies much like this one.<br /><br />I think the important things about prophecy are the twisty ways that they have of coming true. Not too many prophecies in fiction, mythology, etc. are straightforward, i.e. "You will be shipwrecked," and then the person is. They bring in elements of fate and free will, showing how people try to fight the prophecy and, yes, in fiction, generally lose.<br /><br />In many stories, it's the resistance of the prophecy that seems to make it come true, as in <i>Harry Potter</i>, <i>Oedipus Rex</i>, or the myth where a boy, prophecied to be killed by a lion, is kept locked up in his parents' luxurious house until eventually part of a mural with a lion on it falls on him and kills him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com