bacchus – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Tag Archives: bacchus

Crystal Anniversary

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years – I started playing this a while ago, then put it aside and lost my game data when switching computers. I think it’s actually still backed up somewhere, but I hadn’t gotten that far, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Star Wars, Technology, Video Games | Tagged airships, bacchus, cecil harvey, ceodore harvey, cid pollendina, crystals, dark elves, dionysus, dragon quest iii, dwarves, earthbound, edward chris von muir, edward geraldine, eidolons, elves, epopts, fabul, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv: the after years, final fantasy v, gekkou, izayoi, kain highwind, kingdom of baron, maenads, maniac mansion, meteors, mysidia, ninjas, palom, porom, princess luca, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, troia, tsukinowa, ursula fang leiden, yang fang leiden, zangetsu |

You’ve Been the Subject of So Many Dreams Since I Climbed Your Torso

I climbed the Statue of Liberty once, when I was probably around nine or so. This must not have been that long after it was reopened to the public in 1986, and it was one of the last trips I … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Mythology, Roman, Roman Empire | Tagged ariadne, artemis, bacchus, cicero, columbia, eleutheria, feronia, ghostbusters ii, jupiter, liber, libera, libertas, marcus terentius varro, marianne, minerva, persephone, phrygian cap, pileus, proserpina, smurfs, statue of liberty, zeus |

The Christians and the Pagans Sat Together at the Stone Table

One thing you’ll almost certainly notice in the Chronicles of Narnia is that, for a Christian series, there are a lot of beings from pagan mythology hanging out there. In addition to all the nymphs and fauns, there are wood-gods … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Religion | Tagged aslan, bacchus, centaurs, dionysus, dryads, fairies, father christmas, fauns, jesus, john goldthwaite, naiads, nymphs, paganism, river-gods, silenus, the natural history of make-believe, wood-gods |

Fantasian Studies

Disney’s third full-length animated feature is a departure from the two full-length fairy tale adaptations that preceded it. Fantasia is, as I’m sure you all know, a series of cartoons set to classical music, played by an in-house orchestra. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Greek Mythology, Music, Mythology, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amilcare ponchielli, ave maria, bacchus, centaurs, chernabog, clio, cupid, dance of the hours, deems taylor, der zauberlerhrling, dinosaurs, dionysus, dr. seuss, epic mickey, fantasia, franz schubert, harpies, igor stravinsky, johann sebastian bach, johann wolfgang von goethe, jupiter, kingdom hearts, ludwig van beethoven, mickey mouse, modest mussorgsky, night on bald mountain, nutcracker suite, paul dukas, pegasus, piotyr ilyich tchaikovsky, racism, satan, sunflower, the pastoral symphony, the rite of spring, the sorcerer's apprentice, toccata and fugue in d minor, unicorns, walt disney, yen sid, zeus |

A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Jackson

Yesterday, I finally got around to watching the Percy Jackson movie. It wasn’t as bad as I feared, but also not as good as it could have been. I mean, I thought the books were great, or I probably wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged annabeth, ares, bacchus, dionysus, hellhounds, hydra, kronos, luke, medusa, minotaur, monsters, poseidon, the lightning thief, uma thurman, zeus |