High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or...
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Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction which involves themes of the supernatural, magic, and imaginary worlds and creatures. Its roots are in oral...
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This list contains a variety of examples of high fantasy or epic fantasy fiction. The list is ordered alphabetically by author or originator's last name...
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subgenres, much as in fantasy literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are high fantasy and sword and sorcery...
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contrasts with high fantasy stories, which take place in fictional worlds that have their own sets of rules and physical laws. Intrusion fantasy places less...
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High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction. This term may also refer to: High Fantasy (film) (2017) directed by Jenna Bass High Fantasy (role-playing...
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Fairytale fantasy is distinguished from other subgenres of fantasy by the works' heavy use of motifs, and often plots, from folklore. Literary fairy tales...
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A fantasy trope is a specific type of literary trope (recurring theme) that occurs in fantasy fiction. Worldbuilding, plot, and characterization have...
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Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously...
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Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into a more "realistic"...
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Contemporary fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy set in the present day. It is perhaps most popular for its subgenres, Occult detective fiction, urban fantasy, low...
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Dimension 20 (redirect from Fantasy High)
first season of Fantasy High. A sequel to this campaign, titled Fantasy High: Sophomore Year, premiered in 2019. Episodes of Fantasy High: Sophomore Year...
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Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic...
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viable. Today, fantasy continues as an expansive, multi-layered milieu encompassing many subgenres, including traditional high fantasy, sword and sorcery...
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In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression...
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Sword and sorcery (redirect from Heroic fantasy)
magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus on personal battles rather than world-endangering...
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Grimdark (redirect from Grimdark fantasy)
whereas in high fantasy everything is predestined and the tension revolves around how the heroes defeat the Dark Lord, grimdark is "fantasy protestantism":...
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List of writing genres (redirect from List of fantasy subgenres)
fiction Fantasy By setting Epic / high fantasy Hard fantasy Historical fantasy Prehistoric fantasy Medieval fantasy Wuxia Low fantasy Urban fantasy Paranormal...
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Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, placing supernatural elements in an approximation of a contemporary urban setting. The combination provides the...
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enormously influenced fantasy writing, establishing in particular the form of high or epic fantasy, set in a secondary or fantasy world in an act of mythopoeia...
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his book Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings, Ekman says, "In modern fantasy, especially high fantasy, maps are considered common enough...
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Brandon Sanderson (category American fantasy writers)
author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels...
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Wilderlands of High Fantasy is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1977. It is part of the same world as their earlier...
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or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy television programs are often based on tales from mythology and folklore, or are adapted from fantasy stories in other...
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Adventures In High Fantasy is a 1981 role-playing game adventure published by Reston Publishing for High Fantasy. Adventures In High Fantasy is a supplement...
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epic fantasy. Historical fantasy – makes use of specific elements of real world history. Medieval fantasy – encompasses medieval era high fantasy and sometimes...
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classic Final Fantasy character jobs, were more suited to party-based combat. The story of Final Fantasy XIV takes place in a high fantasy setting. The...
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The High Sparrow is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television...
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Elves in fiction (redirect from Elf (fantasy))
In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings. These depictions arise from the álfar of Norse...
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Final Fantasy VII Remake is a 2020 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4. Released in April 2020, it is...
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