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Tell Me About the Dragons, George

I had a few other things I wanted to write about, but since I found out Saturday was St. George’s Day, I thought he might be worth looking into. As someone who didn’t attend a church where saints were really … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Authors, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Crusades, Diana Wynne Jones, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, Stan Freberg, Tom Holt | Tagged dragons, edith nesbit, emperor diocletian, gordon r. dickson, hercules, kenneth grahame, king edward iii of england, medusa, order of the garter, ovid, paint your dragon, perseus, prince marvel, smaug, st. dragon and the george, st. george, st. george's day, st. patrick, st. theodore tiron, the deliverers of their country, the enchanted island of yew, the hobbit, the reluctant dragon, unicorns, witch week |

Literary History Drags On

I shared this article on the history of dragons in Western literature on Facebook, and there was a comment about how Oz wasn’t represented in it. It does, however, quote Ruth Berman, a long-time Oz fan; and I think she’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a story about dragons, dismocolese, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragonettes, dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, evangeline, grampa in oz, grand gheewizard, isa poso, jabberwock, kenneth grahame, king terribus of spor, pumperdink, purple dragon, queen erma, quiberon, quox, ruth berman, sir hokus of pokes, somewhere, st. george, the book of dragons, the dragon of pumperdink, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the reluctant dragon, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, through the looking-glass, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz |

That’s an Ice Dragon

Picture source: MacKenzie’s Dragonsnest After reading Edith Nesbit’s story “The Ice Dragon,” I searched for some more information on dragons associated with ice instead of fire. I came across two posts from J.L. Bell’s blog back in 2006. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Games, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged crystal city, dragons, dungeons and dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, george r.r. martin, grampa in oz, ojo in oz, the book of dragons, the ice dragon |

Dragon Tales

The Book of Dragons, by Edith Nesbit – What creature represents fantasy in general better than the dragon? While the general portrayal of dragons makes them nasty, ravenous thieves, it’s certainly not unheard of for them to be noble and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Fairy Tales | Tagged aurora borealis, cats, cockatrice, draco, dragons, edith nesbit, fantasy, griffins, kind little edmund, manticore, north pole, st. george, the book of beasts, the book of dragons, the deliverers of their country, the dragon tamers, the fiery dragon, the ice dragon, the island of the nine whirlpools, uncle james |

The Living Arts

One of the more bizarre recurring themes in the Oz books, albeit not one without precedent, is that of painted material becoming real when it’s lifelike enough. We first hear about this in Ozma of Oz, in which Tik-Tok reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged american fairy tales, art colony, button-bright, button-bright and the knit-wits of oz, edith nesbit, jack pumpkinhead, jim vander noot, jinjur, lucky bucky in oz, mombi, ozma of oz, scarecrow, smith and tinker, the girl who owned a bear, the ozmapolitan of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok, trickolas om, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer |

A Whole Muu World

I’m sure most of you know that the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2 started out its life as a game called Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, roughly translating to Dream Factory: Heart-Pounding Panic (the “doki doki” part being … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Buddhism, Language, Mario, Monsters, Religion, Star Trek, Video Games | Tagged doki doki panic, edith nesbit, fairies, fuji television, imajin, lina, mamu, mu, muu, piki and poki, subcon, subspace, super mario bros. 2, the book of beasts, wart, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic |