intimeofperil replied to your post:entirely unscientific question
I would see necromancy in general as a heavily earth-based practice, if only for the “from dust to dust” sort of connection.
itthatbetrays replied to your post:entirely unscientific question
Usually earth and fire. The fire of life and the materials from the earth. Hmm…
flying-blindly-forward replied to your post:entirely unscientific question
As a pagan, I’d have to say it would either be earth and fire-earth to build the body anew and fire to return the spark of life. For simple communing, I’d say air.
ghoizdoz replied to your post:entirely unscientific question
Fire. Fire has a lot of mythical connotation with death/rebirth. Although I think there’s a japanese myth where all people were created from the water, so I guess your take would make sense too.
Those are some really interesting answers already! I really like all your interpretations!
To explain how I came up with my water connection: it's where life on earth started, and water is one of the things we're looking for when considering other planets' potential to develop life. (also because the practice of my necromancer OC is fairly rooted in germanic/norse myths and lakes-as-gates was a thing there. Hence sacrifices being sunken into lakes or moors). Also being a lot of his particular practice is connected to blood and sweat and tears and general well, liquid-y things. If that makes sense?