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You’ve Got a Fiend in Me

I wrote a bit about the Four Fiends from Final Fantasy before, but I’ve since thought of more to say. Four of the main bosses in the first games, they’re associated with the four classical elements, and are causing the destruction … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Gender, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Technology, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 8-bit theater, ahriman, archfiends, bahamut, baramos, barbariccia, cagnazzo, cecil harvey, cerberus, chaos, classical elements, dante alighieri, demons, dhuran, dinosaurs, divine comedy, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest vi, dragons, dualhead hydra, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, echidna, elemental fiends, enuma elish, excalibur, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, final fantasy ix, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy stranger of paradise, final fantasy vi, flamerus rex, four fiends, four heavenly kings, game boy advance, gardner fox, garland, gary gygax, general beatrix, golbez, golems, guardians of terra, gutsco, hans christian andersen, hydra, ice golem, inferno, kaimeiji yuu, kain highwind, kali, kary, kingdom of baron, kraken, kuja, land turtle, lich, light warriors, lilith, lufenia, malebranche, mara, marduk, marilith, mermaids, mortamor, mount ordeals, nagas, orthros, pazuzu, phylactery, quena quen, ramayana, robots, rubicante, salamanders, scarmiglione, siddhartha gautama, skullrus rex, stone golem, tataka, the little mermaid, the sword of the sorcerer, tiamat, time loops, titans, twinhead wyvern, two-headed dragon, ultros, vile four, wyverns, yang fang leiden, zidane tribal, zoma, zuh |

Mundus Vult Decipi

Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire – Pretty early on in this book, I was reminded of The Wishing Horse of Oz. Someone has cast a spell to put them in charge and make everyone else accept that, but it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged asherah, baal, biography of the life of manuel, candles and starlight, changelings, dinosaurs, dom manuel, dragons, fairies, figures of earth, funtunfunefu-denkyemfunefu, golems, james branch cabell, jurgen, mark s. smith, moloch, poictesme, rick riordan presents, roseanne a. brown, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, serwa boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem, sleep no more, the early history of god, the wishing horse of oz, time travel, titania, vampires |

Find Myself a City to Live In

More books, and more spoilers. Proceed with caution. The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker – The sequel to The Golem and the Jinni brings back its titular characters, their experiences in early … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Disney Afternoon, Ethnicity, Halloween, History, Holidays, Humor, Judaism, Libraries, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged androne, beszel, betsy bobbin, books of wonder, breach, china mieville, costumes, darkwing duck, dwain worrell, evered of rash, golems, helene wecker, hyenas, jinn, masquerade in oz, patchwork girl, puns, rash, robots, skeletons, the city and the city, the golem and the jinni, the hidden palace, the hungry tiger of oz, ul qoma, wizard of oz |

Heka Heka Egyptian Magic

The main villain in Lin Carter’s Kesrick is a wizard named Zazamanc, who’s been around for quite a while, although not much is known about him. He originates in a story from what’s known as the Westcar Papyrus, named after … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Egyptian, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Names, Religion | Tagged abanazar, aladdin, aladdin and his wonderful lamp, arabian nights, balaam, bible, black panther, book of thoth, caliph harun al-rashid, crocodiles, djadjaemankh, djedi, egyptian tales, exodus, flinders petrie, frogs, genie, georges posener, golems, hathor, henry westcar, heqet, imaginary lives, isis, jafar, jafar ibn yahya barmaki, jannes and jambres, jinn, kesrick, khaemwaset, khnum, khufu, king solomon, lin carter, magicians, marcel schwob, marvel comics, mehusekhe, merire, meskhenet, moghrabi sufrah, nebka, neferkaptah, nephthys, pantomime, papyrus vandier, parzifal, ptah, quran, rededjet, setne, si-osire, sisobek, sneferu, tabubu, tales of the magicians, thief of bagdad, thoth, ubaoner, westcar papyrus, wizards, wolfram von eschenbach, zazamanc |

Monster Jam

When I discuss mythological beings, I usually like to mention when they appear in video games, with the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series being two of the main candidates. Then again, some of the video game monsters are true … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, archdemon, aswang, bag o' laughs, belial, bloody hand, bullwong, canniboxes, demonites, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest vii, drolls, druins, final fantasy iv, gold golems, golems, goodybag, goopi, graboopi, gremlins, imps, kiling machines, lunaticks, mech hunters, mimics, mindemons, muddy hand, ozwargs, robots, torneko taloon, urnexpecteds, well demons, zarlox, zebbot |