The Birth of Your World
The birth of your world is an exciting time in the development of your geofiction. While there are many divided theories about the creation of our own world, Earth, You have the opportunity here to explore and develop the theories behind the birth of your world.
How has your world come into existance? Your choice of genre and other limitations that you set in the previous chapter should be taken into consideration in the creation of your World. Choose to explore a number of possibilities from different view points of your world. The two most obvious view points are the Inhabitants' and from the Creator (You).
Creator
As the creator of your world you should know how your world was formed. Was your World created by a God or number of Gods? Was it created through a big bang? Was it created through thought or was your world laid by a large platypus that flys through space on the back of a eight legged spider with boots of speed?
View Point
Even though you know the exact way your world was made, the inhabitants of your world, may have a different view on how their world came into existence. Has religion developed in your world and does it have a strong influence on the culture of your social structures? What about the development of science, has it found any answers?
Links of Interest
Religious Tolerance
Atheist Alliance
Myths and Legends of the Australia Aboriginies
Encyclopedia Mythica
The Birth of Famous Fictional Worlds
Ea is the mythical world of J R R Tolkien which forms the backdrop to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and other works. In his book, The Silmarillion, Tolkien provides us with a vivid description of the creation of his fictional world. The book, still unfinished at his death chronicles the history of his geofiction up to the events chronicled in The Hobbit.
Narnia is just one of the worlds that C.S.Lewis crafted. The Chronicles of Narnia were not written in chronological order. The Magician's Nephew is the first book chronologically but was the sixth book published. It provides the reader with the creation of Narnia which reflects biblical passages but also contains some elements of a similar nature to the birth of Ea where Tolkien uses music.
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams provides us with a very different reason for Earth's existence and creation.
Project
Write about the true creation of your world. Choose either to write it as if:
- the story belongs in the scriptures of an ancient religion
- it is a paper published in a scientific journal
- from an observer's point of view.
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