Originally Posted by Elk Mooser
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It is often wrongly assumed that the terms high and low fantasy refer to the prevalence of magic in the setting. What they actually mean is primary v. Secondary world settings.

TIL. Also I kind of hate this definition. cry It's not at all self-explanatory, unlike low [amounts of] fantasy vs high [amounts of] fantasy.

Very true. It’s not at all intuitive. But “amount” of magic can’t really be quantified, and there really isn’t a need to divide genres of fantasy by this criteria.