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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Charmed
Charmed Summary: Three sisters in San Francisco (although their house looks more like the ones in Berkeley or Santa Rosa) use their magical powers to combat demons and the supernatural while trying to...
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Religious Orders in Scifi – Dune’s Bene Gesserits
Dune Summary: The Bene Gesserits are an ancient order of women primarily interested in prophecy and breeding lines, although they have seemingly magical powers through rigorous training and...
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Religious Orders in Scifi – Sarah Jane Adventures
Sarah Jane Adventures Episode: Eye of the Gorgon (Secret Medusa Worshipers) This is what happens when a writer watches some 1950s television whilst eating crisps and not paying attention, then bases an...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Once Upon a Time Fairy Godmothers
Once Upon a Time Episode: Dreamy (Fairy Godmothers / Nuns of Storybrooke) The premise of the show is that storybook characters are cursed by an evil queen and sent into our world with no memory of who...
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Religious Orders in Science Fiction – Riverworld’s Tomoe Gozen
Riverworld (Tomoe Gozen) One of the Syfy channel’s miniseries’, I put off watching Riverworld because quite frankly Syfy has a reputation for shoddy work when it comes to their one off made for telly...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Earthsea’s Priestesses
Earthsea miniseries (Priestesses of the Temple of Atuan) The priestesses guard a labyrinth that holds the door to ancient evil—the Nameless Ones. In the books it is a sinister look at religious life,...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Earthsea’s Wizards
Earthsea miniseries (Wizards) This is a look at the lives of wizards in the Earthsea SyFy miniseries (apologies to book fans, I will get to them later). Wizards are solitary people of great power who...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Xena: Warrior Princess’ Amazons
Xena: Warrior Princess Amazon Nations There are two general types of Amazons depicted in the series. Some Amazons tend to be suspicious of men, centaurs, and prefer being on their own having a good...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Game of Thrones Night’s Watch
Game of Thrones Night’s Watch An ancient order that was originally a great honour, the Night’s Watch guards an ice wall separating the seven kingdoms from terrors that lurk in the snowy north. After...
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Religious Orders in Fantasy – Game of Thrones Silent Sisters
Game of Thrones Silent Sisters In Westeros, the main religion is that of the god with seven aspects—Father, Mother, Warrior, Maiden, Smith, Crone, and Stranger. Septons and septas serve that faith like...
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