Talk:Melniboné
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Pretty sure Mr. Moorcock has gone on record as having based the Melnibonéans on cats, at least psychologically. Ways in which this show is that they're graceful, sleek but also play with their 'food', taking enjoyment from torture. I would welcome it if someone actually a source for this - I can only remember having read it over a decade ago, and can't remember where. sheridan 17:42, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
[edit] (Dis)similarities to Atlantis
Whoever wrote Melniboné was “Atlantis-like” probably had a reason for that, but I, personally, can’t see that many similiarites:
Melniboné isn’t exactly what I would call a “sunken island”, and in Moorcock’s fictional world of the Young Kingdoms it also is far from mythical. As far as I know, it has never been home to any deity, either (Poseidon in the case of Atlantis, or probably Arioch in the case of Melniboné). The Melnibonéans once ruled over most of the known world (just like the Atlanteans), but their empire was not overthrone in a single war that destroyed their island, but apparently rather fell apart. (Centuries later, the island is conquered, but it persists until the end of the world.) — TowerDragon 23:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
