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Some Say It’s True, and Some Say It’s a Fable

Breverton’s Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends, by Terry Breverton – This is a collection of myths and legends, some ancient and others pretty recent. They include people, places, artifacts, and both mythical animals and weird beliefs about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Greek Mythology, Hellenistic Greece, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Jonathan Swift, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Roman, Sesame Street, Television, William Shakespeare | Tagged a link to the past, aesop, ants, bible, breverton's phantasmagoria, cats, chip zdarsky, cranes, demetrius of phalerum, dogs, donkeys, flash thompson, foxes, frogs, gods of pegana, gulliver's travels, hera, hermes, herodotus, in the land of time, in the land of time and other fantasy tales, iron man, jack of hearts, jen again, jeremiah, jorkens, juno, jupiter, lilliput, lions, lord dunsany, luca maresca, mark bagley, mars, mercury, mice, momus, monkeys, peter parker, pliny the elder, poseidon, rainbow rowell, roge antonio, she-hulk, sheep, spider-man, spider-man life story, superheroes, terry breverton, the complete fables, the farmer and the cranes, the frogs asking for a king, the mountain in labor, the tortoise and the hare, the wolf and the lamb, vietnam war, wolves, zeus |

These Judges Are Such Cretans

When the world of the dead is presented as a place of reward or punishment, as has become pretty standard, that generally means that someone has to decide who goes where. The Underworld of Greek mythology came to have three … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Roman, Video Games | Tagged achilles, aegina, aeneid, alcmene, androgeos, ants, apollo, apollodorus, arabian nights, aristophanes, bulls, cadmus, cerberus, cyclopes, daedalus, dante alighieri, divine comedy, eleusinian mysteries, elysian fields, europa, fortunate isles, hades, helios, hell, hera, hercules, inferno, king aeacus of aegina, king aeetes of colchis, king asterion of crete, king minos of crete, kronos, law, minotaur, myrmidons, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, pasiphae, patroclus, peleus, plato, polyphemus, poseidon, rhadamanthus, sarpedon, sinbad the sailor, the frogs, theseus, triptolemus, trojan war, underworld, virgil, zeus, zork |

Insect Aside

L. Frank Baum is never entirely clear on whether ALL animals in Oz can talk, or whether animals eat each other there. For instance, are insects there sentient? Well, the Wogglebug is, but that’s after he’s been Highly Magnified and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged anteaters, ants, bears, bees, billina, bucketheads in oz, cap'n bill, gili bar-hillel, grampa in oz, grasshoppers, insects, jack breton, jitterbug, larry breton, lucky bucky in oz, mosquitoes, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, peter schulenburg, professor wogglebug, snufferbux, sullivanthauros, the disenchanted princess of oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug book, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, thunderbugs, tin woodman, wasps, wicked witch of the west, woozy, yankee in oz |

Gods, Men, and Monsters

In the Company of Ogres, by A. Lee Martinez – This was a comedic look on fantasy, hardly anything new, but still entertaining. It tells the story of Never Dead Ned, a guy who dies quite often, but is always … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magnus Chase, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan, Terry Pratchett, Trials of Apollo | Tagged amazons, ants, apollo, demons, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, ents, goblins, in the company of ogres, myrmekes, neil diamond, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, ogres, orcs, percy jackson, salamanders, sirens, taylor swift, the hidden oracle |

Great Ants

In Rick Riordan’s latest book, The Hidden Oracle, Apollo encounters a group of giant ants guarding the entrance to a sacred grove. These ants, the Myrmekes, are indeed part of Greek mythology, or perhaps more accurately Greek pseudo-history. The Myrmekes … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Trials of Apollo | Tagged achilles, aegina, aelian, ants, hera, herodotus, king aeacus of aegina, mark haas, myrmekes, myrmekes indikoi, myrmidons, the hidden oracle, the medicine man of oz, trojan war, wooglet in oz, zeus |

What’s Bugging Me

A Bug’s Life – I had seen Pixar’s second full-length animated feature before, but not until it was out on video. Beth, who was a fan of both Dave Foley and David Hyde Pierce, saw it a few times when … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Humor, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a bug's life, aesop, ants, caterpillars, dave foley, david hyde pierce, denis leary, grasshoppers, insects, pixar, spiders, the grasshopper and the ants |

The Ant, an Introduction

Ant-Man – It’s a good time to be a fan of superheroes, and based on the box office returns, it looks like a lot of people are. There were only about two and a half months between the release of … Continue reading →