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Deadwood Oaks and Duende

I feel like I’ve pretty much exhausted all the Oz books, or at least the ones that are generally consistent with the original series (not that everyone even agrees on what that is). I’ll occasionally come across lists of interesting-sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a million miles from here is oz, alexander volkov, cap'n bill, dagmar in oz, david f. salas, deadwood oaks, dorothy and the wooden soldiers of oz, dorothy gale, duende, fairies, fighting trees, glinda, hammer-heads, ken romer, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, nome king, polychrome, quiet victory, robin hess, the deadly desert around oz, the duende of oz, the lost tales of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the spelling bee of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers, victor columbia edison, wicked witch of the east |

Oh Boy! A Carnival!

Bacchanal, by Veronica G. Henry – Eliza Meeks, a Black woman with a strange ability to communicate with animals due to her spirit guides, joins a traveling carnival during the Great Depression. It turns out to have a dark secret, … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Dreams, Great Depression, History, Korean, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Rick Riordan | Tagged bacchanal, carnivals, demons, dokkaebi, dragon pearl, duende, duendecillos, goblins, graci kim, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, paola santiago and the river of tears, pixies, rick riordan presents, tehlor kay mejia, the last fallen star, veronica g. henry, witches, yoon ha lee |

Far and Few

When I posted about Edward Lear’s Jumblies, I received a comment from Ceridwen Silverhart mentioning Jumbies, creatures from Caribbean folklore. They’re basically evil spirits, and the name varies from one place to another. It’s sometimes spelled as “Jumbies” and other … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Carribean, Edward Lear, Etymology, History, Monsters, Music, Mythology | Tagged bacoo, baku, chooriles, douen, duende, duppies, dutchman jumbies, folklore, ghosts, guyana, jinn, jumbees, jumbies, moko jumbies, moongazer, ole higue, the jumblies, tracey baptiste, trinidad and tobago, vampires, zombies |

They Haven’t Yet Built the Man That’ll Keep Old Johnny Down

They Might Be Giants have been my official favorite band for some years now, dating back to when it was much easier for me to choose a favorite because I didn’t have albums by that many artists. This isn’t the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music | Tagged Ben Folds, cephalophores, david driver, duende, frank stockton, hieronymous bosch, hypnos, john flansburgh, john linnell, join us, land of the lost, michael cerveris, morpheus, neil gaiman, sandman, thanatos, the lady or the tiger?, they might be giants, vietnam war, weird al yankovic |

Duende-ling in Unbelief

If you’ve looked at the tracklist for the upcoming They Might Be Giants album, you might have noticed a song in the list called “They Might Be Duende.” I haven’t heard of this song being leaked yet, and a search … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Iberian, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged corky the cranky crocodile, duende, fairies, federico garcia lorca, gnomes, join us, nome king, the deadly desert around oz, they might be giants |