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Definitely not Myth if you're creating a page specifically for the book, no matter how true to the original stories it is.
Everything I've read about it suggests that it's updated to be more digestible to modern readers, so even if it's only the language that changes that should be enough to keep it to Literature (though apparently there are a few other differences as well) .
Edited by supergod For we shall slay evil with logic...
I didn't mean to imply I was planning to make another page for it. I can help with that, but I just want to be transparent: I think it should not go on the Myth/ page regardless of whether there's a separate page.
I realize now that that was not wholly clear in OP, so I'm just clarifying.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
I just read the discussion, and I'd say anything that's specific to Gaiman's version shouldn't be on the page. I don't know if Gaiman just gives his own interpretations of things or if he changes things outright, but if it's not something you can get from the accepted canon, then it should probably stay off.
Edited by supergod For we shall slay evil with logic...
This feels like a question for ATT.
Should Neil Gaiman's 2017 anthology that's titled Norse Mythology be troped in Myth.Norse Mythology, Literature.Norse Mythology, or Literature.Norse Mythology Gaiman? There's a bit of a disagreement on the discussion page
but it feels like it shouldn't be determined between just two or three tropers.
One reason I think it shouldn't be on the Myth/ page is that it's not exactly a "primary source" or even a "contemporary(-ish) secondary source." And IIRC Gaiman admitted in an interview that he adapted the stories to be more modern, which doesn't seem like just a translation...
Edited by WaterBlap