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The Unreal World

I’d seen this map, created by Dan Meth, a few times before. It just showed up on Tumblr, and I love all the commentary it’s generated. I appreciate that Meth included places from television, movies, and video games (well, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Chronicles of Narnia, Dick Martin, Discworld, Dr. Seuss, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Mega Man, Metroid, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Punch-Out, Television, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, avalon, bill willingham, blefuscu, bridge to terabithia, camelot, crossovers, dan meth, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dreamlands, earthsea, emerald city, fables, fritz leiber, game of thrones, george macdonald, gulliver's travels, h.p. lovecraft, heaven, hesperides, horton hatches the egg, horton hears a who, hyrule, jaro hess, jonathan swift, jungle of nool, king arthur, king hippo, king midas, kingdom of dreams, krull, land of the lost, lankhmar, lilliput, michael ende, middle-earth, narnia, nehwon, neverland, once-ler, peter and wendy, peter pan, phantastes, rip van winkle, sir lancelot du lac, sodor, spirit tracks, the dark crystal, the fantasy world map, the land of make-believe, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the lorax, the neverending story, the pied piper of hamelin, the princess bride, the wonderful world of oz, thomas and friends, thra, timelines, tol eressea, tom thumb, videoland, washington irving, westeros, where the wild things are, whoville, wonderland |

Sparrowhawk, Shabba Doo, and Shang-Chi

Tales from Earthsea – The directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro, it’s a loose adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea series, mostly The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. From what I’ve read, LeGuin didn’t really care for the finished product. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Chinese, Comics, Families, Frank Black/Black Francis, Japanese, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Prejudice, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games | Tagged avengers endgame, awkwafina, ben kingsley, black widow, break dancing, breakin' 2 electric boogaloo, dragons, earthsea, foo dogs, foxes, fu manchu, ged, goro miyazaki, hayao miyazaki, hundun, iron man 3, lions, lord cob, luigi mario, mandarin, mario mario, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, qilin, shabba doo, shang-chi, shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings, studio ghibli, ta lo, tales from earthsea, tehanu, thanos, trevor slattery, wenwu, wizards, yellow peril |

Dragons Is the Craziest Peoples

It seems like dragons becoming human or humans becoming dragons is a pretty common theme. I guess it makes sense for a person who turns into animals to become a dragon, as they’re big, powerful, and often intelligent as well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Breath of Fire, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Russian, seanan mcguire, Slavic, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games | Tagged aladdin, breath of fire 2, breath of fire 3, demons, dr. agon, dragnier, dragon clan, dragon quest v, dragon quest viii, dragonlord, dragons, dragovians, earthsea, eustace clarence scrubb, fafnir, fairies, father ganer bateson, halia, jafar, maleficent, myria, ophigenees, ophiogeneikos, ryu, ryu bateson, sleeping beauty, snakes, the voyage of the dawn treader, transformation, valerie bateson, zenith dragon, zmey, zmey gorynych, zmey tugarin |

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earthsea

Ursula K. LeGuin’s first book in the Earthsea series, A Wizard of Earthsea, is nearly fifty years old at this point. My reading of these books has been a bit sporadic, as I received the original trilogy as a kid … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Gender, Magic, Names, Ursula K. LeGuin | Tagged a wizard of earthsea, dragons, earthsea, ged, sorcerers, tales from earthsea, tehanu, tenar, the farthest shore, the other wind, the tombs of atuan, witches, wizards |

Say My Name, Say My Name

Names have a lot of power. Just try saying someone’s name when they’re across the room, and see how quickly they turn to look at you. The idea that names are somehow magical is something I first came across in … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged bartimaeus trilogy, bilbo baggins, demons, dragons, earthsea, fafnir, isis, jonathan stroud, librarian, old speech, ra, sigurd, smaug, the hobbit, the last continent, Ursula K. LeGuin |

Conjury Through Copulation

My wife was recently looking up stuff about Devil worship and the occult, and came across the Wikipedia article on sex magic. In addition to being the hind part of a Red Hot Chili Peppers album title, it’s apparently a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Magic, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aleister crowley, aphrodite, bible, celibacy, earthsea, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, herodotus, homosexuality, inanna, ishtar, nanny ogg, sacred prostitution, sex, sex magic, sourcery, tantrism, ursula leguin, witches, wizards |

The Language of Magic

When magic words appear in books and other media, they’re usually either total nonsense or based on some dead language, often Latin. The common term “abracadabra” is thought to be based on Aramaic, with the phrase “Avra Kadavrai” meaning “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abracadbra, avada kedavra, earthsea, glinda of oz, hocus pocus, incantations, language, magic, queen zixi of ix, true names, ursula leguin |