This is NOT a discussion about the real world mythology tat FF uses but rather about the games themselves and the mythology they create. From the Farplanes of Spira, to the Lifestream of Gaia, to the guidance of alien races in the Blue Planet of FFIV.
This is a discussion about the world designs of the FF series and their own uniques mythologies and ideals that exist within their frame of mind. I've always been rather impressed on how complete all the worlds feel. I can even respect FFX's though I find FFI's more profound.
In the series we have seen the cycle of soul's in VII and IX, they influence of higher powers on life in IV, IX, and XII. Industrial revolutions (VI and VII), lost ancient civilizations (pretty much all of them) Each game presents a different history and world view. From FFI's cycle of fate, FFII's political turmoil, FFIII's theme of balance, FFIV's idea of life on other worlds and redemption, FFV's fantastic cosmology and its theme of inheritance, FFVIU's industrial dystopian opera, VII's ecological cyber punk fantasy, VIII's time traveling world of magic and plotics, IX's world of balanced themes, X's spiral of death, XI's world and history, and XII's political and historical impact of events.
So what were your favorite worlds and themes that the FF series has explored?