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Storybook Topic Brainstorm

(source: Apep Seul)


Topic 1: Gods and Goddesses of Olympus (Theoi)

I have a little surface level knowledge about Greek mythos's from popular media and books. This is all mostly from the Percy Jackson series that I read ages ago. I also enjoy watching Overly Sarcastic Productions cover history and myth on their YouTube channel. I would like to do some deeper dives into some less big name players on Olympus. I think there's definitely a lot of focus on big names like Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, but less so on like the titans. 


Topic 2: Stories from China

Once again I've seen a little of the stories from China. I've references mainly to the "Journey to the West" in games such as Overwatch. I also have seen some of the "Journey to the West" explained series by Overly Sarcastic Productions. I really feel like I don't know much and it has honestly been a while since I've watched that video series. I feel like the videos give a good overview, but I look forward to reading in more detail. I think maybe retelling the story of Sun Wukong would be fun, but maybe in a more modern setting.


Topic 3: Sea Monsters (Wikipedia)

You always here about things like Nessy or the Kraken. I know that relatively recently we've had discoveries related to colossal and giant squid. I'm definitely interested in learning about what some crew thought they saw on the high seas. Like some of it is hyperbole of course, but there must be a nugget of truth in there somewhere. Especially with old-timely maps having drawings of monsters in the seas, there must be something to inspire them. It could be interesting to explore how they would interact with each other. 


Topic 4: Dragons (Apep) (Wikipedia)

While reading the Wikipedia page on dragons, I saw this link to Egypt, and I never knew there were any ancient Egyptian stories about dragons. It's really interesting to me that so many cultures have stories about flying serpents. I don't know what people have seen to make them think about it. I know that birds are related to lizards, so perhaps that's where it comes from. Apep specifically being related to chaos and being in an eternal battle with Ra could be interesting to right about. Maybe they're getting tired of their endless battles, or they're only work enemies, but otherwise alright with each other. 

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