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 | | historical fantasy, in that many of the stories contain fantastical elements such as talking snakes and world-wide floods, yet concerned what were/are believed to be actual past events in the real world. |
 | | Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift used satire in the form of fantasy to parody many of the political and social conventions of its time, and can be considered the earliest work of modern-style fantasy. |
 | | This is in contrast to many other forms of fantasy, such as the works of J. Tolkien, which generally invent their own mythologies and volunteer entirely new pantheons, or attempt to disguise traditional mythology with made-up names. |
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