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3.0 Trivial Pursuits

References, Sources, Allusions, Parallels, etc

Robert Jordan says:
"There are elements from Norse, Chinese, Japanese, and American Indian mythologies, to name just a few. I think it adds resonance to the story, although I've taken great care not to follow the older material in any slavish way. Occasionally, I will add in details here or there, and then discover that I have done something that is absolutely authentic to the myth I was working from." (From Waldenbooks 'zine Hailing Frequencies, issue #4, reported by Edmund Wong)

• 3.1 Arthur and the Holy Grail
• 3.2 Trolloc Tribes
• 3.3 Is the world of Rand a future Earth?
• 3.4 Christian Parallels
• 3.5 Various Names
• 3.6 Dragon Legends
• 3.7 Norse Mythology
• 3.8 Stedding and China
• 3.9 Native American stuff
• 3.10 Greek and Roman Mythology
• 3.11 Miscellaneous References
• 3.12 Similarities to other literature (including Dune)