From Myth to Fantasy Role-Playing Game: Aspects of the Child God in The Elder Scrolls Lore.
In the present article, we propose an analysis of mythocritics about Arkay, a divine figure created for the religious-historical domain of The Elder Scrolls, a series of fantasy Computer Role-Playing Games. In particular, we aim to illustrate that it is possible to recognize, in this deity, the powe...
| Publicado en: | Caietele Echinox Vol. 26; pp. 201 - 219 |
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