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 ====== Abrahamic Mythology ======
-Abrahamic Mythology refers to the myth and folklore surrounding the major abrahamic religions. This //could// be considered over-generalization, but if I don't do this we end up in a complicated web of “is this Kabbalistic idea Jewish or Christian?”.
+Abrahamic Mythology refers to the myth and folklore surrounding the major Abrahamic religions. This //could// be considered over-generalization, but if I don't do this we end up in a complicated web of <q :en>is this [[lb:kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] idea Jewish or Christian?</q>.
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+===== Personal Note =====
+Having spent the early part of my childhood attending a Church of Ireland((:fn:>That's an Anglican denomination.)) school, I was subjected to Bible studies.
+Even back then, I preferred the stories of the Old Testament over the stories of the New Testament. Though I should note that we had very sanitized versions of the stories.\\
+My reasoning being (though I never said this) was that the Old Testament has a bunch of really weird and interesting things happening in it, but all the stories in the New Testament were essentially: Problem -> Problem solved by Jesus -> All happy.
+My personal favorite was the story of Exodus. Partially because the Bibles we had were illustrated((:fn:>I spent a little time trying to find which it was, but couldn't figure it out.)) and the illustrations were pretty cool. Like other books that have illustrations like this, the first page was a random illustration from the rest of the Bible. The one that was here depicted Moses’ mom placing him in the reeds.\\
+Though, in hindsight, I think that it was a combination of the frequency of seeing it (every time we opened the Bible) and the fact I thought Moses’ mom was a little hot. Even back then, I may have been a degenerate.
+===== Media Depictions =====
+==== Evangelion ====
+[[lb:evangelion]] I'm mentioning but...I think it takes way way more from Kabbalah and such, rather than Christianity/Judaism specifically. It obviously does reference Abrahamic stuff in the process, though.
+==== Jesus Christ Superstar ====
+An adaptation of the last few days of Jesus Christ...in the form of a musical. It should be pretty self-explanatory. No review yet!
+==== Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ====
+Here I'm referring to the 1999 straight-to-DVD film.
+It's a musical comedy adaptation of the story of Joseph and his brothers. Starting with him receiving his coat, getting beaten up, ending up in Egypt and then bringing his family there.
+==== Prince of Egypt ====
+[[lb:Prince of Egypt]] is an animated adaptation of the story of Exodus. Starting with Moses’ birth((:fn:>Leaving out the fact his mom ended up taking care of him anyway. At least as far as I remember.)) and ending with the crossing of the Red Sea. It condenses the story a lot and leaves out a number of details...like the fact God kept hardening Pharaoh's heart to prevent him from...letting the Hebrews go...? It also has an extra angle relating to Pharaoh (Ramses) being Moses’ brother. And it takes place over the course of just a few short years. Plus it leaves out Moses’ hesitation to leave...and a bunch of other stuff.\\
+...\\
+I should just compare the two when I have the time.
+==== Stvoření Světa ====
+A Czech animated adaptation of the story of Genesis...specifically concerned with the creation of the world. I think it ends just before the exile from the Garden of Eden.
+==== Toaru ====
+[[lb:Toaru]] takes a lot from Abrahamic Mythology, though its world-building is far more esoteric. So if I ever make an article about Kabbalah, I'll probably detail it there.
+Though <cite>Toaru</cite> ends up twisting what little is actually borrowed from Christianity and Judaism.
+==== World of Darkness ====
+The [[lb:wod]]’s very foundation is Abrahamic (despite what some may claim): the origin of vampires is explicitly linked to Caine, who is from the book of Genesis, plus there's an entire game-line concerned with playing as demons from Abrahamic religion.
+===== Trivilinks =====
+  * Nothing yet in particular.