Why do a lot of depictions of delicious dishes appear in fantasy novels?

byPaul Townsend

When reading a novel, a delicious dish appeared, and you may unintentionally imagine that dish in your head. Among the fantasy novels set in a world different from the reality, a lot of delicious dishes will appear, but an article saying "Why is a delicious dish appearing in a fantasy novel?" Is Atlas Obscura It is published in.

Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? - Atlas Obscura
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Writer'sAnne · You BankHe reads fantasy novels one after another in the early teens. Eubank is a British novelistDiana JonesMr. Novel "A Tale of Time CityWhile I was reading, I went to the depiction where the hero was eating sweets called "Butter pie". Butter pie is a creamy sweet with a buttery flavor with melted inner side with trolley inside with bar shaped yellow ice cream on the outside,ToffeeThere are 20 kinds of flavors besides the taste similar to.

Actually, butter pie is a sweet which exists only in Mr. Jones's novel, and now a recipe of butter · pie can be found on the Internet by fans of "A Tale of Time City", but U-bank I never ate butter pie. Nonetheless, when the hero is reading a scene to eat butter-pie, U-Bank seemed to feel tasty as if he ate butter pie.

When Yukuba became an adult and began to read fantasy novels for adults, even in fantasy novels for adults, I noticed that novelists frequently depict luxury food. When Ebank again reads various fantasy novels again, there are not many scenes where fantasy novelists eat fancy food like butter pie, but rather the dishes we eat daily, cakes,Ale beerIt was said that there were many depictions that tasted like. Mr. Jones wrote meta about fantasy novelsThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland"It seems that the joke that" stew is a staple food in the fantasy world "was also listed.

Descriptions about food are also found in myths and legends, for example the goddess of GreecePersephoneIs the god of the netherHadesBy eating the pomegranate given by him, I had to spend as a goddess of the underworld. In 1859Christina RossettiMr. "Goblin Market"In the poetry, a goblin that sells delicious fruits that will make people crazy appears.

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Robert Maslen who is a lecturer at the University of Glasgow is the person who got his first master's degree in fantasy literature,Panz · Labyrinth"Or"Thomas The Reimer"As an example," The appearance of fantasy food is a signal that "we are in a different world of rules" "states the role of food in the fantasy world.

"Adventure of the hobbit"The ring storyFantasy novelist landown known for such asJ · R · R · TolkienThe tradition of food in the fantasy world was formed by Mr.. Mr. Tolkien depicts the significance of food repeatedly in the novel, from the miserable experience of serving in the First World War. At the beginning of "Adventure of the Hobbit", the heroBilbo · BagginsHouse kitchen witchGandalfIt was attacked by dwarves who made me hungry and I had Gandalf and dwarfs eat all kinds of foods such as raspberry jam, apple tarts, cheese and ale beer. However, this suggests that later Bilbo gets a reward that can be eaten anything you want to eat.

Brian JakeMr. Mr. is also a prominent fantasy novelist, but in his masterpiece "Red Wall Legend" series, a brilliant banquet by characters appearing will be portrayed. According to Jake, these banquet scenes are based on a wonderful meal imagined in the head by Jake, who was able to eat only childhood distributed food who experienced World War II It is said that it is.

byPaul Townsend

Both Tolkien and Jake succeeded in spreading the world of fantasy novels with food, history, songs and languages ​​at the same time. Mr. Maslenn said that "food is a way to draw out the fantasy world in a real way," said that they can visualize the scene in the head with landscape depictions and at the same time appeal to the taste with depiction of food Thing. In fantasy novels, often frightening things are drawn or unfamiliar elements appear, but it is possible to make readers feel relieved by letting readers imagine a delicious dish in such a novel So Mr. Maslen said.