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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 |

Warrior Women at Work

The Dark Prophecy, by Rick Riordan – The follow-up to The Hidden Oracle continues the adventures of Apollo in a mortal body, with only occasional access to his godly powers when he least expects them. The previous volume established the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Etymology, Greek Mythology, Humor, Language, Mythology, Poetry, Rick Riordan, Roman, Trials of Apollo | Tagged apollo, artemis, blemmyae, calypso, dc comics, griffins, hemithea, hercules, lucius aurelius commodus, the dark prophecy, trophonius, wonder woman, wonder woman a celebration of 75 years |

Two (or More) Become One

One of the main complaints that fans of the Oz books seem to have about the MGM movie, aside from making Oz a dream, is that they combined two Good Witches into one character. Now, it makes a certain amount … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Comics, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, arwen, batman, calypso, circe, glinda, glorfindel, good witch of the north, joe chill, joker, lord of the rings, mombi, odyssey, peter jackson, princess langwidere, queen of hearts, red queen, return to oz, robin, the hundred and one dalmatians, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, through the looking-glass, tim burton, tony zucco, two-face |

School Is Hell, Cooperation Is Divine

Here are a few new book reviews, with a few spoilers. You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty, by Dave Barry – Now semi-retired but with the same basic sense of humor, Barry discusses such topics as Justin Bieber and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chronicles of Kazam, Dave Barry, Heroes of Olympus, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Rick Riordan | Tagged annabeth chase, calypso, cerberus, dave fox, gabe guarente, hell, leo valdez, nico di angelo, satan's prep, the blood of olympus, the eye of zoltar, you can date boys when you're forty |

Tartarus Sauce

The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan – The latest book in the Heroes of Olympus series continues where the last one left off, with a group of demigods attempting to destroy the Doors of Death, thereby preventing monsters from … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman | Tagged annabeth chase, calypso, catoblepas, cercopes, damasen, gaea, giants, gigantes, gigantomachy, hazel levesque, iapetus, nico di angelo, sciron, tartarus, the house of hades, titans, triptolemus |

Authentic Calypso

Seeing as how I finished the Odyssey this week, I figured my mythology post should be related to the epic poem. I’ve actually already touched on much of it, but even though I’ve previously discussed nymphs in general, I haven’t … Continue reading →

I’m Not Ulysses

Having been a fan of Greek mythology since childhood, I had always meant to read the work of Homer, but I somehow never got around to it. I was given a copy of the Odyssey, translated by the late Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged calypso, charybdis, circe, cyclops, homer, iliad, l. frank baum, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, ogygia, phaiakians, polyphemus, robert fitzgerald, ruth plumly thompson, scylla, sirens, ulysses, zeus |