/lit/ - Literature

>>18654089
You know I've always liked old myths and legends like that because you know they came from SOMEWHERE.
Like one day I was looking at dungeons and dragons magic and stuff and you know the word 'spell' is simple and innocuous enough, right?
I think that word comes from Muspelheim, (Or Muspell) is a realm of fire. What's synonymous with magic in those games? Ye ol' trusty fireball.
Then again I also think what we call technology today is just magic by another name. There are thousands of years of civilization I haven't unearthed yet and I'm constantly wracking my brain on this stuff. I don't find it hard to believe an old man in a floppy hat and robes carried sulfur and ignited a ball of it and tossed it at someone somewhere thousands of years ago.
Now it might not be word for word nor step by step, but somewhere down the line I guarantee you a toad ruined someone's day.