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The Appearance of Time

When I heard of the concept of Chronos in Orphism from a Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby episode, I thought it would be something worth looking into. The association of Kronos, the father of the most prominent Olympian gods, with time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Buddhism, Christianity, Final Fantasy, Gender, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, History, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Religion, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged aether, aion, ananke, chaos, chronos, death, dionysus, erebos, father time, final fantasy iii, gaia, hera, herakles, hercules, hesiod, jesus, kronos, mysticism, orphic mysteries, ouranos, phanes, theogony, time, time loops, zeus |

As the Hours and the Days and the Weeks and the Months and the Years Go By

With this year soon coming to an end, I was thinking about whether there’s any connection between the number of days in a year and degrees in a circle, and apparently there is. Of course, a modern year doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Astronomy, Babylonian, Christmas, Easter, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Islam, Judaism, Mathematics, Mesopotamia, Mythology, New Year's Day, Norse, Religion, Roman, Science | Tagged astrology, baby new year, bible, calendar, dionysus, egyptian calendar, enoch, father time, genesis, geometry, jewish calendar, khonsu, kronos, measurement, moon, nostradamus, planets, sabbath, saturn, saturnalia, sun, thoth, time, yule |

Getting a Word in Edgewood

Little, Big, by John Crowley – This is apparently a pretty famous novel, although I hadn’t heard of it until I saw it mentioned on a blog. It’s kind of weird that it was published in 1981, as the style really … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Families, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged before the broken star, changelings, emily r. king, emperor frederick barbarossa, fairies, father time, john crowley, little big, prophecy, sebastien de castell, spellslinger, squirrel cats |

Don’t Say Nothing Bad About My Baby New Year

Rudolph’s Shiny New Year – This 1976 Rankin-Bass special is currently up on YouTube, although I can’t say whether it will stay there. I can’t recall having seen this one before, although Beth had. The most famous reindeer of all … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, New Year's Day, Television, Uncategorized | Tagged baby new year, father time, frank gorshin, harold peary, paul frees, rankin-bass, red skelton, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, rudolph's shiny new year, santa claus |

Holiday for Sims

I’m now playing The Sims 3 with the Seasons expansion pack, and one thing that’s immediately obvious is how the holidays are given generic names instead of real-world ones. This does make a certain amount of sense, as they don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Holidays, The Sims, Valentine's Day, Video Games | Tagged father time, jingle, labor day, new year's day, reindeer, santa claus, the sims 2, the sims 3, the sims 3 seasons, toy day |

The Darlings of Slumberland

With the new Little Nemo comic series by Eric Shanower, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Nelson Daniel now in its third issue, I thought checking out the history of this franchise might not be amiss. I believe I first heard of Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Thanksgiving, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged chris columbus, coney island, cupid, father time, flip, gabriel rodriguez, gertie the dinosaur, hayao miyazaki, jack frost, king morpheus, little nemo, little nemo in slumberland, little nemo the dream master, little nemo: adventures in slumberland, little nemo: return to slumberland, mickey rooney, nelson daniel, nightmare king, nintendo power, princess camille, ray bradbury, santa claus, sherman brothers, Slumberland, super mario bros. 3, winsor mccay, world's columbian exposition |

Today I Lost a Tooth

Okay, I didn’t really, but I did want to discuss a mythical figure associated with the loss of teeth. The Tooth Fairy is pretty much universally known, but there isn’t any consensus on what he or she looks like (just … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Chris Dulabone, Discworld, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Terry Pratchett | Tagged banjo lilywhite, bogeyman, easter bunny, fairies, father time, hogfather, hurray for oz, sandman, santa claus, tann-fe, teeth, tooth fairy |