FANTASY, Part Four, Humans
'As you all know and agree humans originally come from monkeys, chimps, apes etc...' Sorry, I couldn't resist. This is the real opening sentence for this post 'Humans have been around for approximately six thousand years, when God created the world and all in it, including man'. Though man can be a fantasy element, they are also a real species, as you may have guessed. Since they are real I think I should cover the basis before going into their fantasy counterparts, though their counterpart is for the most part the same.
'Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."'-Genesis 1:26
And thus man was born! Or rather created. And then the story goes on to say how Eve was created and they walked with God in the garden. But then the snake enters the scene, and we come to the fall of man, the entry of sin into the world. And from thence forth man is basically sinful, it is now our nature. So we must have a Savior to cover our sins. He is Jesus, the Son of God, and He is God, and He is the Holy Spirit. The Three are One. If you don't understand, then, well, that's a topic for another day.
Jesus came into the world to save us from our sins. And though I could continue and I would like to some other time, this post is on another topic. (If you would like to learn more please consult your local pastor or youth pastor, or shoot me an email at smr411[at]gmail[dot]com, though the former would probably be better :D)
So, back to sin. If man in the real world is basically sinful, is man in fantasy also basically sinful? I would say yes. Although there are some books that have a goal of showing what sinless man might look like, namely Christopher Hopper's White Lion Chronicles. But in most other books humans are naturally sinful. The reason for this being, quite simply, we don't understand what a sinless human is, and from a worldly perspective, we wouldn't even know that there ever were sinless humans (the only sinless humans were Adam and Eve, though there sinless nature didn't last) and thus it is natural to write about humans as sinful in fantasy.
So, then there's the question of other species, such as
dwarves and
elves, are they sinless? Well, no. The above paragraph is true for them as well. The reason for this being that dwarves and elves are based off the image and characteristics of humans. And we've established that humans are basically sinful, so naturally, if dwarves and elves are based off humans, they are basically sinful as well. Okay, done with my little sin sermon.
There really isn't much else to say about humans, I would expect you, my readers, to understand humans. Though I've been corrected for assuming things before, nevertheless, there is one more element of humans in fantasy.
Humans in fantasy are usually the largest race. And if they're not the largest, they are the most public, that meaning other races are usually hidden under mountains or secluded in their forests. This, like many things, is not always true, but for the most part, it is accurate. So, that's about all I can say on the subject of humans.
I have a race in mind for the next post, but if there is a race you want me to cover please drop me a comment.
And on another note, the poll is now closed, I personally like this one, and apparently you guys do too by the results.
Edit: For those that don't know me well enough to understand my sense of humor, I was being sarcastic in the beginning, I in no way at all believe in evolution. The earth was created by God, and God continued to have a hand in it since it's creation. But that's another post...
