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See also [[Harmony Versus Discipline]], this trope being Harmony.
See also [[Harmony Versus Discipline]], this trope being Harmony.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Definitely the Wolfriders and Sun Folk in ''[[Elf Quest]]'', but brutally subverted by the Gliders, who've cut themselves off from nature. As for the Go-Backs, they're too busy fighting the trolls to care one way or another.
* Definitely the Wolfriders and Sun Folk in ''[[Elf Quest]]'', but brutally subverted by the Gliders, who've cut themselves off from nature. As for the Go-Backs, they're too busy fighting the trolls to care one way or another.
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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-medieval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted In Harmony with Nature in one way or another:
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-medieval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted In Harmony with Nature in one way or another:
** The hobbits, especially Sam, in that farmerly-wisdom, son-of-the-soil sort of way.
** The hobbits, especially Sam, in that farmerly-wisdom, son-of-the-soil sort of way.
** The elves in the spiritual "The trees are talking to me" way.
** The elves in the spiritual "The trees are talking to me" way.
*** After Tolkien's depiction of elves as this in ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', pretty much [[Our Elves Are Better|all elves]] [[Follow the Leader|in any fantasy work]] [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|ever]] are like this.
*** After Tolkien's depiction of elves as this in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', pretty much [[Our Elves Are Better|all elves]] [[Follow the Leader|in any fantasy work]] [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|ever]] are like this.
** Aragorn in the "I can tell you the entire life story of who walked through that hedge and bent that twig" way.
** Aragorn in the "I can tell you the entire life story of who walked through that hedge and bent that twig" way.
* The elves in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' are even more In Harmony with Nature than even Tolkien's elves, to the point that they are a bunch of pompous [[Veganopia|vegans]] who use magic to bend nature to their will.
* The elves in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' are even more In Harmony with Nature than even Tolkien's elves, to the point that they are a bunch of pompous [[Veganopia|vegans]] who use magic to bend nature to their will.