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Too Low to Get Under

The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure, by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro – Set in Percy Jackson’s universe, it stars the recurring tragic character and son of Hades, along with his boyfriend Will Solace, son of … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Percy Jackson, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged a. deborah baker, andromeda, apollo, athena, cats, centaurs, ceto, cetus, christina soontornvat, crows, demons, dragons, gigantomachy, gorgons, graeae, hades, harpies, hephaestus, hercules, iapetus, impossible city, improbable road, isis, isis orb, mark oshiro, medusa, middlegame, nagas, natalie haynes, nico di angelo, nyx, over the woodward wall, owls, perseus, poseidon, prometheus, stone blind, tarot cards, tartarus, the last mapmaker, the sun and the star, the wonderful wizard of oz, titans, up-and-under, will solace, zeus |

Now You’re Speaking My Language

I’ve written before about the Tower of Babel, the weird story from Genesis that explains why people speak so many different languages. Exactly why this needed a mythical explanation isn’t entirely clear. People speak different languages because they developed in different … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Australian, Authors, Aztec, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Judaism, Language, Mythology, Native American, Religion, Semitic, South American | Tagged athena, atlantis: the antediluvian world, bible, brahma, cannibalism, enki, enmerkar, epimetheus, flood, genesis, gigantomachy, hermes, hesiod, hubris, ignatius donnelly, inachus, kronos, nymphs, olympus, ovid, pandora, phoroneus, pride, prometheus, the magician's nephew, titans, tower of babel, tricksters, works and days, wurruri, zeus |

The Changing of the Gods

Stories of gods having to fight other gods for dominance over the world are quite common in mythology, but there are a few different sorts. Some have the new gods overthrowing older, established ones. Others have gods going to war … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Celtic, Chinese, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Hittite, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Religion, Video Games | Tagged aesir, aesir-vanir war, alalu, anu, asuras, athena, baldur, devas, dionysus, fomorians, giants, gigantes, gigantomachy, golden age, hades, hera, hodur, jade emperor, jotun, jotuns, karuilies siunes, kronos, kumarbi, magni, marduk, metis, modi, odin, orphic mysteries, pangu, persephone, ragnarok, teshub, thor, tiamat, titanomachy, titans, tuatha de danann, ullikummi, underworld, vanir, zagreus, zeus |

Tartarus Sauce

The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan – The latest book in the Heroes of Olympus series continues where the last one left off, with a group of demigods attempting to destroy the Doors of Death, thereby preventing monsters from … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman | Tagged annabeth chase, calypso, catoblepas, cercopes, damasen, gaea, giants, gigantes, gigantomachy, hazel levesque, iapetus, nico di angelo, sciron, tartarus, the house of hades, titans, triptolemus |