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Winning the Battle, Losing the Warlock

I’ve finished a few fairly short books within the last week or so, and here are some reviews. The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett – This is a pretty quick read that kind of mixes genres, although I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mythology, Names, Norse, Plays, Religion, seanan mcguire, Star Wars, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged afterlife, banshees, bluebeard, dogs, gardner fox, ghost roads, ghosts, hedgehogs, john bellairs, kyrik warlock warrior, leigh brackett, lust-stone, mars, mary dunlavy, michael scot, moddey dhoo, prospero, rhiannon, roger bacon, sparrow hill road, swords, t. kingfisher, the empire strikes back, the face in the frost, the seventh bride, the sword of rhiannon, the tempest, time travel, ursula vernon, valkyries, weapons, wizards |

The Cauldron of Story

There’s sort of a recurring theme to a few of the books I’ve read recently, so I’ll expound on that in these three reviews. Tales from the Perilous Realm, by J.R.R. Tolkien – This volume collects some of Tolkien’s short … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Norse, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Technology, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged alan lee, bilbo baggins, blunderbuss, bombadil goes boating, chrysophylax dives, dogs, dragonrouge, dragons, elric of melnibone, epic pooh, farmer giles of ham, fastitocalon, giants, hey diddle diddle, his dark materials, hobbits, lady of abundance, leaf by niggle, lin carter, lord of the rings, man in the moon, melnibone, middle-earth, moon, multiverse, on fairy-stories, philip pullman, roverandum, sexual harassment, smith of wootton major, spiders, tales from the perilous realm, terra magica, the adventures of tom bombadil, the fortress of the pearl, the hobbit, the last battle, the man in the moon, the man in the moon stayed up too late, the marvelous land of oz, the sailor on the seas of fate, the weird of the white wolf, the well at the world's end, tom bombadil, tom shippey, voluspa, weapons, william morris, wizards, wood between the worlds |

Madam Lucifer, You Never Looked So Sane

Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-Leaves, by James Branch Cabell – The books in this series that I’ve read so far are pretty formulaic, usually about a somewhat sleazy guy who philosophizes a lot without doing much of anything, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, British, Catholicism, Chess, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Games, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, Korean, Magic, Mythology, Playing Cards, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Wayward Children | Tagged ahasuerus, alexander the ratcatcher, biography of the life of manuel, demons, dinosaurs, dom manuel, fox snare, foxes, james branch cabell, kalki, king solomon, lucifer, madam lucifer, merlin, michael scot, mislaid in parts half-known, odysseus, peter of abano, poictesme, pope alexander vi, pope alexander viii, prometheus, richard garnett, rodrigo borgia, saints, salamanders, satan, something about eve, the bell of saint euschemon, the claw, the demon pope, the poison maid, the rewards of industry, the talisman, the twilight of the gods, thousand worlds, tigers, vampires, vishnu, yoon ha lee |

Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?

Four movies, several SPOILERS. Vegas Vacation – Beth grew up with these movies, and references them frequently, but I didn’t watch any of them until my adult life. And I only just got around to seeing this one. It’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Environmentalism, Games, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Religion, Satanism, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bats, blackjack, cheech marin, chevy chase, christie brinkley, chucky, cult of chucky, fairies, ferngully, gambling, hexxus, john hughes, lawrence pazder, michelle remembers, michelle smith, national lampoon, pollution, randy quaid, robin williams, samantha mathis, satan wants you, satanic panic, sid caesar, tim curry, tommy chong, tone loc, vegas vacation, virgin mary, wallace shawn, wayne newton |

The St. Lucy Show

We watched a Morbid Anatomy lecture by Eric Huang from Saint Podcast about St. Nicholas, and how he developed into the modern Santa Claus, something I’ve written about before. I knew that it isn’t agreed upon that Nicholas was even … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Christmas, Chronicles of Narnia, Food, History, Holidays, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged a visit from st nicholas, arthur j. stansbury, befana, cats, clement moore, council of nicaea, donkeys, emperor diocletian, epiphany, eric huang, father christmas, freyja, julian calendar, king herod the great, lucy pevensie, lussekatter, lussi, morbid anatomy, nisser, paschasius, perchta, podcasts, reindeer, saint podcast, santa claus, st. lucy of syracuse, st. lucy's day, st. nicholas, star boys, the children's friend, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, trolls, winter solstice, witches |

Haints and Saints

Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher – This novella plays on the Sleeping Beauty story, using the concept of a princess trapped in a tower due to a fairy’s curse. The focus is on the enchanter, a girl called Toadling who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celebrities, Christianity, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Families, Greek Mythology, Health, History, Humor, In Memoriam, incryptid, Magic, Medicine, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Religion, Roman, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged alf landon, alice price-healy, and sweep up the wood, antimony price, buddha, centaurs, changelings, cryptozoology, death, dragons, fairies, gustave flaubert, homosexuality, jenny greenteeth, jonathan greenberg, lafacadio hearn, lamia, lawrence welk, mo rocca, mobituaries, nagas, nebuchadnezzar, new jersey turnpike, odilon redon, pieter bruegel the elder, podcasts, president herbert hoover, president john quincy adams, queen of sheba, satan, satyrs, seven deadly sins, sleeping beauty, spelunking through hell, st. anthony the great, t. kingfisher, the temptation of saint anthony, thomas paine, thomas price, thornhedge |

Retirement or Resurrection

I finished the two books I bought at OzCon (the ones I hadn’t already read, that is). Since my last post here was book reviews, however, I’m bringing this post about the movies I watched the weekend before last out … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged airbnb, angels, barbarian, bible, david bowie, gospels, jesus, jesus christ superstar, judas iscariot, justin long, mary magdalene, pontius pilate, richard brake, the last temptation of christ |

And Then There’s Saint Maud

These are both disturbing movies Beth picked out, and there are SPOILERS for both. They both share a sort of medical theme. The Killing of a Sacred Deer – This was partially inspired by Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis, which I actually read … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Catholicism, Christianity, Families, Food, Greek Mythology, Health, Medicine, Mythology, Plays, Relationships, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged artemis, colin farrell, euripides, iphigenia, iphigenia in aulis, mental disorders, mental health, nicole kidman, sacrifice, saint maud, the killing of a sacred deer, william blake |

Jumping Through Hoopoes

Here’s the book review post I mentioned before, which is partially about Greek mythology, and includes a lot of tangents. I always wonder whether people like those, or just want me to stick to the media I’m discussing. The Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged antillia, aristophanes, bible, birds, clash of the titans, cloudcuckooland, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, farid ud-din attar, g. willow wilson, hercules, hercules the legendary journeys, hoopoes, iris, jinn, joseph, kamala khan, kevin sorbo, king solomon, koh-e-qaf, lamia, liz gloyn, marvel comics, medusa, ms. marvel, nephelokokkygia, nimrod, poseidon, prometheus, puns, quran, ray harryhausen, sheikh sam'an, simurgh, sufism, sultan mahmoud, tereus, the bird king, the birds, the conference of the birds, tracking classical monsters in popular culture, triballus, xena warrior princess |

Secret Mountain Sex Parties

One of the stories mentioned in Sabine Baring-Gould’s Curious Myths of the Middle Ages is that of Tannhäuser and the Venusberg, which is probably best known through Wagner’s opera. I wasn’t that familiar with it, so I looked into it … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Norse, Poetry, Religion, Roman | Tagged antoine de la sale, calypso, curious myths of the middle ages, fairies, giants, gudmund of glaesisvellir, heinrich von ofterdinger, helgafjell, helgi thorisson, ingibjorg, jotun, king olaf tryggvason, klingsor, ludwig bechstein, morgan le fay, mother holle, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, oisin, opera, parsifal, pope urban iv, richard wagner, sabine baring-gould, sangerkrieg, scorpions, sebile, sibilla, sibyls, sir percival, snakes, tam lin, tannhauser, the twelve dancing princesses, urashima taro, venus, venusberg, wolfram von eschenbach, yule |