Myths and legends in the Wild West? Sign me up! These stories don’t need to be African Gods in the 1920’s? Native American ThereĪre so many myths that are perfect the way they are. Respective cultures that to alter them in anyway would be disrespectful. There are some myths and legends that are so sacred to their
That isn’t wrong? You shouldn’t play loosely with anything from a culture that I feel more strained with the liberties I can take on black myths than I do with others. A huge chunk of this is probably me having internalized racism problems, but I would like to hear a second opinion. I can imagine a good story with Asian or European mythology like it’s nothing, but when I start thinking of my own race’s stories, I check out or keep second guessing myself. I don’t have this problem with other urban legends. How far can you change a story till it becomes too disrespectful to the people?
I want to use the stories like how Percy Jackson uses Greek and Roman myths or how Guardian of the Dead uses Ma ori mythology. I don’t have any close family that know about the myths and I’m the type of black person that would get called an Oreo. Part of me is scared of perpetuating cultural appropriation though. Or magic without erasing the culture or giving the impression of “fixing”Īnonymous asked: I want to write a story that heavily features African mythology and black urban myths.
#Storywriting in other cultures how to#
Do you have suggestions of how to “reinvent” a monster However, an author, especially a white author, playing so loosely orīeing “inspired” by a more marginalized culture’s myths seems like it “rules” of magic/monsters set down by the actual historical sourceĭraw from ie: the vast number of different interpretations of vampires around A lot of fantasy, especially urban fantasy, plays with the
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