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I’ve Been All Around the World

Voice Like a Hyacinth, by Mallory Pearson – This is about a close-knit friend group of women, all lesbians (well, one of them is bisexual), who attend art school together. The author has said it was based somewhat on her … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Christmas, Conspiracy Theories, Hinduism, History, Holidays, Judaism, jules verne, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged adze, around the world in eighty days, bible, bible myths and their parallels in other religions, jesus, joseph campbell, jules verne, mallory pearson, maya and the lord of shadows, mithra, nativity, nellie bly, passepartout, phileas fogg, rena barron, resurrection, sexuality, sioux, the craft, the monstrous misses mai, thuggee, van hoang, voice like a hyacinth |

Jinn and Tonic

I’ve written about jinn before, but something I don’t think I’ve touched on is the different varieties among them. As with a lot of attempts to categorize mythical beings, there’s no real consensus on this. I just finished G. Willow … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Cartoons, Catherynne M. Valente, Celtic, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Games, Hinduism, Islam, Kirby, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Television, Video Games | Tagged abu tha'labah al-khushani, aladdin, alawi, alif the unseen, angels, arabian nights, bahamut, druze, dungeons and dragons, efreeti, fairies, g. willow wilson, ghouls, gustave flaubert, hadith, hinn, iblis, ifrit, jinn, king solomon, king vikramaditya, kirby's dream land 2, marids, muhammad, nasnas, night of the living dead, queen of sheba, quran, shaitan, shiqq, sila, succubus, the fisherman and the jinni, the temptation of saint anthony, vampires, vetala, zombies |

Famous Monsters of Bookland

The Folded World, by Catherynne M. Valente – The sequel to The Habitation of the Blessed has John‘s daughter arrive in Pentexore to tell the inhabitants about the Crusades, and John’s subjects go off to fight in Jerusalem for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Crusades, Families, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, incryptid, Islam, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Russian, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged a dance with dragons, a dirge for prester john, a drop of venom, a song of ice and fire, abuse, aftermarket afterlife, alexander the great, antimony price, arthur harrington, baba yaga, bran stark, cryptids, dragons, dreaming of you in freefall, finding baba yaga, george r.r. martin, ghosts, jane yolen, john de mandeville, koschei the deathless, mary dunlavy, medusa, moxy früvous, nagas, pentexore, perseus, prester john, rick riordan presents, sajni patel, saladin, sarah zellaby, the folded world, the habitation of the blessed, vasilisa the fair, verity price, witches |

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 |

Where a God Can Be a Kid

The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption, by James Branch Cabell – The follow-up to Figures of Earth has a lot of characters, with the focus on the Order of the Silver Stallion, the knights appointed by the late Manuel … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mythology, Names, Native American, Norse, october daye, Percy Jackson, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Slavic, William Shakespeare | Tagged a clash of kings, a song of ice and fire, annabeth chase, biography of the life of manuel, cait sith, fairies, freyja, ganymede, george r.r. martin, grover underwood, hebe, iris, james branch cabell, kalki, koschei the deathless, leshy, nereids, nymphs, odin, pleiades, poictesme, reynard the fox, romeo and juliet, sleep no more, tezcatlipoca, the chalice of the gods, the innocent sleep, the silver stallion, titania, toupan, valhalla, yaotl |

You’ve Got a Fiend in Me

I wrote a bit about the Four Fiends from Final Fantasy before, but I’ve since thought of more to say. Four of the main bosses in the first games, they’re associated with the four classical elements, and are causing the destruction … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Gender, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Technology, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 8-bit theater, ahriman, archfiends, bahamut, baramos, barbariccia, cagnazzo, cecil harvey, cerberus, chaos, classical elements, dante alighieri, demons, dhuran, dinosaurs, divine comedy, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest vi, dragons, dualhead hydra, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, echidna, elemental fiends, enuma elish, excalibur, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, final fantasy ix, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy stranger of paradise, final fantasy vi, flamerus rex, four fiends, four heavenly kings, game boy advance, gardner fox, garland, gary gygax, general beatrix, golbez, golems, guardians of terra, gutsco, hans christian andersen, hydra, ice golem, inferno, kaimeiji yuu, kain highwind, kali, kary, kingdom of baron, kraken, kuja, land turtle, lich, light warriors, lilith, lufenia, malebranche, mara, marduk, marilith, mermaids, mortamor, mount ordeals, nagas, orthros, pazuzu, phylactery, quena quen, ramayana, robots, rubicante, salamanders, scarmiglione, siddhartha gautama, skullrus rex, stone golem, tataka, the little mermaid, the sword of the sorcerer, tiamat, time loops, titans, twinhead wyvern, two-headed dragon, ultros, vile four, wyverns, yang fang leiden, zidane tribal, zoma, zuh |

The Teacher in the Woods

I thought it might make sense to take a closer look at some of the stories included in Yoshi Yoshitani’s Beneath the Moon that I wasn’t already familiar with, and the Banjhakri seemed appropriate for the Halloween season. He’s scary … Continue reading →

Posted in Animism, Art, Hinduism, Language, Magic, Medicine, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Religion | Tagged banhakrini, banjhakri, banjhakri falls, beneath the moon, dhyangro, hanuman, jhakri, lemlemey, shamanism, shiva, yeti, yoshi yoshitani |

The Lion Shall Lay Down with the Lamassu

With the appearance of Lamassu on the latest Futurama episode (although I haven’t been able to find a picture of them online as of yet), I thought they might be an interesting concept to look into, although I’m not really sure there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Babylonian, Buddhism, Cartoons, Etymology, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Judaism, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Persian, Religion, Television | Tagged abenaki, achaemenid empire, angels, anu, apsu, cherubim, demons, donkeys, enki, enuma elish, glooscap, gopathas, griffins, lahamu, lahmu, lamashtu, lamassu, lamia, lilith, mercury, pamola, pazuzu, shedu, sphinx, tiamat, yalis |

Uh-Oh, There’s That Bear Again

One subject I’d been meaning to address for a while but had forgotten about was Jambavan, the King of the Bears in Hindu mythology, who made a significant appearance in Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality. At least, he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Chinese, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Language, Mythology, Names, Religion | Tagged arcturus, aru shah, aru shah and the nectar of immortality, baloo, bears, bootes, brahma, constellations, hanuman, jambavan, jambavati, krishna, mahabharata, monkeys, prasena, rama, ramayana, ravana, rikshas, roshani chokshi, rudyard kipling, sloth bears, sun wukong, taboo, the jungle book, ursa major, ursa minor, vishnu |

The Spring Queen and the Demon Queen

The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History, by Edward Brooke-Hitching – This was one I bought based on an Amazon recommendation, or something of the sort. It’s not what I would have expected from … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Food, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, Hinduism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Libraries, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Robert Rankin, Socialism | Tagged air loom, buddhu and bhutum, charles perrault, crown of flames, dakshinaranjan mitra majumdar, demons, diamonds and toads, edward brooke-hitching, finger and half, force of fire, fox pundit, foxes, hitler diaries, hoaxes, j.b.s. haldane, james tilly matthews, kiranmala, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, kleomenes, marob, my friend mr leakey, naomi mitchison, needle king, neelkamal and lalkamal, pedro carolino, pomegranate prince, princess kalavati, quran, rakkhosh, ritual, saddam hussein, sayantani dasgupta, seven champak flowers, sleeping beauty, snakes, sparta, sphaeros, stoicism, sukhu and dukhu, sutapa basu, thakurmar jhuli, the chaos curse, the corn king and the spring queen, the da-da-de-da-da code, the fire queen, the madman's library, the palace of enchantment, tom thumb, voynich manuscript, wilfrid voynich, witches |