cetus – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Too Low to Get Under

The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure, by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro – Set in Percy Jackson’s universe, it stars the recurring tragic character and son of Hades, along with his boyfriend Will Solace, son of … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Percy Jackson, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged a. deborah baker, andromeda, apollo, athena, cats, centaurs, ceto, cetus, christina soontornvat, crows, demons, dragons, gigantomachy, gorgons, graeae, hades, harpies, hephaestus, hercules, iapetus, impossible city, improbable road, isis, isis orb, mark oshiro, medusa, middlegame, nagas, natalie haynes, nico di angelo, nyx, over the woodward wall, owls, perseus, poseidon, prometheus, stone blind, tarot cards, tartarus, the last mapmaker, the sun and the star, the wonderful wizard of oz, titans, up-and-under, will solace, zeus |

You Can’t Sit at Our Table

Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Christianity, Egyptian, Ethnicity, Etymology, Families, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged abraham, aegyptus, agenor, andromeda, atlas, babylon, belus, bible, bosporus, canaan, carthage, cetus, crete, danaus, eber, egypt, esau, ethiopia, euripides, europa, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, good news bible, ham, hellen, hera, herodotus, heth, hittites, iapetus, inachus, incest, Iran, ishmael, isis, israel, jacob, japheth, jonah, king cepheus, king solomon, king xerxes i, libya, lydia, magog, mesopotamia, mizraim, moab, mycenae, nimrod, noah, ophir, paul of tarsus, perses, perseus, phoenicia, poseidon, prometheus, racism, scythia, sea monsters, shem, table of nations, tarshish, tartessos, the rose and the ring, titans, tros, troy, william makepeace thackeray, zeus |

Come on-a My Harryhausen

I just recently watched Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts, two movies released eighteen years apart, but that I see as a natural pairing. They’re both based on Greek mythology, and both have stop-motion special effects created … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged andromeda, argo, athena, burgess meredith, cetus, clash of the titans, golden fleece, hephaestus, hercules, hydra, hylas, jason and the argonauts, kraken, laurence olivier, maggie smith, medusa, orpheus, pegasus, perseus, poseidon, ray harryhausen, stop motion animation, talos, the sea of monsters, thetis, titans, triton, zeus |