Some
Western cultural examples include: • In
Cassandra Clare's book series
The Mortal Instruments and
The Infernal Devices, humans who were not Shadowhunters nor Downworlders were referred to as "mundanes". • In fantasy literature the term is sometimes used to apply to non-
magical people or the non-magical society. It is used in
Piers Anthony's
Xanth novels and
Bill Willingham's comic book series
Fables (often shortened to "mundies" in the latter). • In
furry fandom, it is used to describe non-furries, or "humans". • In
historical reenactment groups such as the
Society for Creative Anachronism (which originated in science fiction fandom): • 'Mundanes', sometimes shortened to just "'danes" (not to be confused with people of Danish descent), is also a term for normal everyday clothes, as opposed to those dressed in historical garb. • Similarly, one's "mundane" name is the legal name one goes by in the outside world. • Some participants classify all non-participants as "mundanes". • In
science fiction fandom, some fans classify all non-fans as "mundanes." • In text-based online
role-playing games, the term is commonly used to refer to the player as opposed to their character, typically shortened to "mun". • In the
science fiction television series
Babylon 5,
telepathic humans (especially
Psi Corps members) classify all non-telepathic humans as "mundanes". The classification is employed mainly, but not solely, by telepathic characters who have telepath-supremacist ideologies (such ideologies being one of the issues dealt with by the series), and was deliberately chosen to mirror the classification in science fiction fandom. • In the scope of the software communities of
free and
open-source software some proponents of the respective movements classify those that do not know enough about their views as "mundanes". • In the
vampire lifestyle circles the word "mundane" means "non-sanguinarian", although some consider it derogatory. •
Mundane science fiction is science fiction that does not make use of
interstellar travel or other common
tropes of the genre. == See also ==