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Mundus Vult Decipi

Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire – Pretty early on in this book, I was reminded of The Wishing Horse of Oz. Someone has cast a spell to put them in charge and make everyone else accept that, but it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged asherah, baal, biography of the life of manuel, candles and starlight, changelings, dinosaurs, dom manuel, dragons, fairies, figures of earth, funtunfunefu-denkyemfunefu, golems, james branch cabell, jurgen, mark s. smith, moloch, poictesme, rick riordan presents, roseanne a. brown, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, serwa boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem, sleep no more, the early history of god, the wishing horse of oz, time travel, titania, vampires |

Modern Women in a Mythical World

Atalanta, by Jennifer Saint – Atalanta is a Greek heroine to whom I don’t think I’ve devoted a post, although I did mention her in relation to the Calydonian Boar Hunt. As with a lot of mythical characters, the stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Semitic, Ultima, Video Games, Xanth | Tagged achilles, adam and eve, aidan moher, angels, argonauts, asherah, atalanta, atalante, bible, briseis, calydonian boar, carl h. grabo, dragons, dungeons and dragons, elijah, fairies, fight magic items, giants, hippomenes, jennifer saint, jest right, jezebel, lilith, madeline miller, mary magdalene, meleager, nikki marmery, noah, old man of the sea, peacocks, peter and the princess, reilly & lee, rocs, samael, square enix, st. brendan the navigator, the song of achilles, time travel, trolls, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, ultima thule, wizardry, yoshinori kitase |

Theft of the Magi

I purchased the SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend Collection for the Switch, and I’ve mostly concentrated on Final Fantasy Legend II. I tried out the first one, but died pretty much immediately. I actually did in FFL2 as well, but that one … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Drugs, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Food, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Religion, Roman, Semitic, Technology, Video Games | Tagged apollo, asherah, ashur, ashura, asuras, bananas, espers, final fantasy legend, final fantasy legend ii, final fantasy legend iii, game boy, giants, isis, mutants, nintendo power, nintendo switch, odin, opium, robots, saga, saga final fantasy legend collection, the magician's nephew, venus, weapons |

Is Saul Also Among the Prophets?

It’s pretty obvious that the Bible contains a lot of contradictions, although those who believe the whole thing to be the totally accurate Word of God tend to either ignore them or come up with convoluted workarounds. The way I … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Politics, Religion | Tagged aaron, asherah, bible, canaan, deuteronomistic history, deuteronomy, exodus, genesis, israel, jacob, jeremiah, jerusalem, josiah, judah, judges, moses, priests, prophets, samuel, saul, twelve tribes of israel |

Putting the Chemosh On

A little research into Biblical history reveals that, before becoming monotheistic, the worship of Yahweh that would eventually develop into Judaism was henotheistic. That is, while Yahweh was viewed as the main god and the national deity of Israel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Greek Mythology, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Semitic | Tagged adad, ahab of israel, aphrodite, asherah, ashtoreth, astarte, baal, bible, bosheth, carthage, chemosh, constitution, el, elijah, hadad, hannibal, henotheism, jezebel, josiah, leviticus, melek, melqart, mesha of moab, moab, molech, moloch, mot, mount of olives, psalms, rabbi shlomo yitzhaki, rashi, solomon, tyre, yamm |

A Lion for All Faiths

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is in theaters today, but I don’t know when I’ll see it. After I’m finished with school stuff, most likely. I still haven’t seen the new Harry Potter movie, although I guess that’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Music, Religion | Tagged asherah, aslan, baal, buddha, calormen, canaan, carrie underwood, harry potter and the deathly hallows, jesus, krishna, liam neeson, lion, muhammad, phoenicia, prince caspian, tash, the voyage of the dawn treader |