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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 |

Lady of the Labyrinth

Seems like I’ve mostly just been writing book reviews on here recently. I have another one pretty much ready to go, minus pictures and links, but I wanted to break it up a bit. So here’s something mythology-related I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Families, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Roman | Tagged achilles, aeetes, aphrodite, ares, argonauts, ariadne, artemis, circe, crete, dionysus, dioscuri, europa, gorgons, harmonia, helen of troy, helios, hephaestus, heracles, hercules, iphicles, karl kerenyi, king minos of crete, labyrinth, medea, minotaur, oceanus, oenopion, orphic mysteries, perse, persephone, perseus, phanos, proserpina, rhadmanthus, robert graves, semele, staphylos, tethys, theseus, titans, zeus |

Cities of the Damned

The idea of the world of the dead as a physical place is fascinating to me, probably at least partially because I love maps. Whether people in ancient times who wrote about such things genuinely believed that the Underworld had … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Etymology, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Language, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Roman, Video Games | Tagged aeneas, aeneid, afterlife, angels, bible, dante alighieri, demons, dis, divine comedy, emperor mateus, erinyes, final fantasy ii, final fantasy ix, final fantasy xiv, furies, garland, gorgons, hades, hell, hephaestus, inferno, john milton, lucifer, mammon, medusa, mulciber, mysidia, pandemonium, paradise lost, revelation, river styx, satan, stygian council, ultima, underworld, virgil |

Women and Demons

Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, by Natalie Haynes – I believe I first saw this book mentioned in a list of online recommendations, but it was also discussed on the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast. It focuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christopher Moore, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, India, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Video Games | Tagged adam and eve, aesop, athena, bible, demons, dragons, epimetheus, erasmus, final fantasy vi, force of fire, gorgons, hesiod, jason, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, medea, medusa, natalie haynes, noir, pandora, pandora's jar, poseidon, prometheus, rakkhosh, razzmatazz, sayantani dasgupta, titans, zeus |

Catching Up with Constance (and Others)

Not counting the one on The Lost Tales of Oz, how long has it been since I’ve done a book review post? I checked, and it looks like it’s been about a month. And on Goodreads, I’m still listed as … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Robert Rankin, seanan mcguire | Tagged al capone, al jolson, aleister crowley, alex price, barry the time sprout, constance verity, constance verity saves the world, cryptozoology, fairies, giants, gorgons, griffins, half-off ragnarok, jim pooley, john omally, melissa grey, prince albert, queen victoria, the abominable showman, the girl at midnight, the last adventure of constance verity, the lord of the ring roads, the witches of chiswick, vegetable lamb of tartary |

Would You, Could You, with a Goat?

When Zeus was a baby, hidden on the island of Crete from his ravenous father Kronos, he is said to have subsisted on milk and honey. The milk was provided by the goat Amalthea, who was essentially Zeus’s nurse. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan | Tagged aegis, aex, amaltheia, ambrosia, athena, audumbla, auriga, buri, capella, capra, capricorn, cornucopia, crete, goats, gorgons, helios, medusa, melissa, melissus of crete, nectar, nymphs, ymir, zeus |

Sea Monster Mania

Although Poseidon is the best known of the Greek sea deities, there were plenty of others lurking under the water. Two who put in an appearance in Rick Riordan’s The Mark of Athena are Phorcys and Keto, children of Oceanus … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology | Tagged echidna, gorgons, graeae, keto, oceanus, phorcys, polyphemus, poseidon, scylla, tethys, thoosa, typhon |

The Flying Avengers of the Greco-Roman World

Greco-Roman mythology is full of trios of scary women. I’m not sure how that meme got started, but you have the Gorgons, the Graeae, and the Fates. Another three dangerous females are the Furies, the Latin name for the Erinyes … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Roman | Tagged alcmaeon, amazons, argonauts, boreads, boreas, clytemnestra, electo, erinyes, fairies, furies, gorgons, harpies, hippolyte, iris, kronos, megaera, oedipus, orestes, ouranos, penthesileia, phineas, tisiphone, zeus |