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Love That Leviathan
I’d been meaning to discuss Leviathan a little more, which I think was inspired by the name being used for the base of the rebel organization Astrea in Cosmic Star Heroine. Considering all the other references to classic games, I had thought … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Celtic, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Pokémon, Religion, Semitic, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged astrea, atlantis: the lost empire, behemoth, bible, cecil harvey, cenobites, cosmic star heroine, crabs, davy jones, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragons, dragoons, dylan ail don, dylan jones, eidolons, emblem of roto, espers, euripides, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy xii, groudon, helen of troy, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser ii, job, jona jones, jonah, kyogre, let's talk about myths baby, leviathan, lleviathan, mabinogion, manga, moon, mysidia, porth llaffan, psalms, ricard highwind, ringworms, robots, rydia of mist, ryujin, sea serpents, sharks, sin, summoned monsters, terry gilliam, the adventures of baron munchausen, ultima, whales, wobbegong sharks |
Theft of the Magi
I purchased the SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend Collection for the Switch, and I’ve mostly concentrated on Final Fantasy Legend II. I tried out the first one, but died pretty much immediately. I actually did in FFL2 as well, but that one … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Drugs, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Food, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Religion, Roman, Semitic, Technology, Video Games | Tagged apollo, asherah, ashur, ashura, asuras, bananas, espers, final fantasy legend, final fantasy legend ii, final fantasy legend iii, game boy, giants, isis, mutants, nintendo power, nintendo switch, odin, opium, robots, saga, saga final fantasy legend collection, the magician's nephew, venus, weapons |
Crazy Celtic Cruises
A common theme in mythology and related fiction is that of the sea voyage that includes a visit to a bunch of weird islands with bizarre people and creatures. This sort of thing can also happen in stories of overland … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Conspiracy Theories, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Video Games | Tagged ailill ochar aghra, aslan's country, bran mac feabhail, echtrae, espers, final fantasy vi, griffins, heaven, immram brain, immrama, isle of joy, jasconius, judas iscariot, land of women, maduin, mael duin, manannan mac leir, odysseus, odyssey, oisin, otherworld, paradise, reepicheep, sinbad, st. brendan the navigator, terra branford, tir na nog, voyage of bran, voyage of mael duin |
The Zozo Show
I’ve been meaning for a while now to write a post about the town of Zozo in Final Fantasy VI, as it’s just such a weird place. It has elements of a Cloudcuckooland, but is also a den of thieves, … Continue reading →
Lost and Found Tech
The level of technology throughout the games in the Final Fantasy series vastly differs, from sword-and-sorcery worlds in the earlier ones to more modern levels in later installments. There are a few items all of them have in common, like … Continue reading →
Posted in Chrono Trigger, Conspiracy Theories, Final Fantasy, History, Magic, Technology, Video Games | Tagged airships, aliens, atlantis, cecil harvey, chaos, chocobos, damcyan, dr. lugae, espers, final fantasy dissidia, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, giant of babil, golbez, gorsia, kain highwind, kingdom of baron, kingdom of zeal, kluya, lavos, lost civilization, lufenia, lunar whale, lunarians, lux tizer, magitek, melenam, mysidia, plato, queen zeal, robots, ronka, sky castle, steampunk, tetujin, the 7th saga, tiamat, tower of zot, warmech |
Girls Against Gestahl
Picture by Beth Wulff/Annie Felis The ensemble cast of Final Fantasy VI has definitely stuck with me over the years, and I’ve written about a few of them, but I don’t think I’ve said much recently about the character who … Continue reading →
Posted in Celtic, Final Fantasy, Gender, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged aerith gainsborough, bartz klauser, cecil harvey, celes chere, ceres, cid del norte marquez, cloud strife, cyan garamonde, emperor gestahl, espers, faris scherwiz, final fantasy iv, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, gau, general leo christophe, joan of arc, kefka palazzo, krile mayer baldesion, lenna charlotte tycoon, madeline, maduin, mael duin, magitek, mobliz, narshe, porom, relm arrowny, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, strago magus, tellah, terra branford, tifa lockhart, yuffie kisaragi |
Thunderbolt and Lightning, Very Very Frightening Me
One god I’ve been meaning to look at for a while is the Japanese Raijin, a thunder deity. It’s interesting that we tend to use the term “thunder god” (the literal meaning of the name Raijin) even though it’s the … Continue reading →
Posted in Final Fantasy, Japanese, Mario, Mythology, Norse, Pokémon, Video Games | Tagged big trouble in little china, espers, final fantasy vi, fujin, izanagi-o-no-mikoto, izanami, mortal kombat, odin, pikachu, raichu, raiden, raijin, raiju, thor, thunder lakitu |