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Turtle Whirl

I was looking for information on the Black Tortoise of Winter who played a significant role in Grace Lin’s When the Sea Turned to Silver, and it turns out that he’s pretty closely tied to a god called Xuanwu, a … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Chinese, History, Mythology, Religion, Taoism | Tagged black tortoise of winter, constellations, demons, eight immortals, grace lin, guanyin, immortality, journey to the west, lu dongbin, manchu dynasty, martial arts, ming dynasty, mongols, snakes, song dynasty, when the sea turned to silver, wudang mountains, xuanwu, yongle emperor, yuan dynasty, zhenwu |

Coping with Totalitarianism

The Table of Less Valued Knights, by Marie Phillips – There have been many parodies of the King Arthur mythos, but this one covers some ground that I hadn’t seen before. It introduces another table at Camelot for the knights … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, Christianity, Current Events, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Humor, Mythology, Politics, Religion | Tagged grace lin, king arthur, lady of the lake, margaret atwood, marie phillips, starry river of the sky, the handmaid's tale, the table of less valued knights, theocracy, when the sea turned to silver, where the mountain meets the moon |

To Chop the Unchoppable Tree

I was already familiar with some of the Chinese myths retold in Grace Lin’s Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, but there were others I’d either never or rarely come across. One of these is the story of Wu Gang, … Continue reading →

More Moon Men

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin – I remember being drawn to this book on a library shelf, but not checking it out because I already had several books checked out. More recently, Amy mentioned it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Chinese, Fairy Tales, Mythology | Tagged altair, Buffalo Boy, Buffalo Boy Flatland, da-a-fu, edward bellamy, from the earth to the moon, grace lin, h.g. wells, jules verne, jung shang, looking backward, milky way, moon, niu lang, the collector's book of science fiction by h.g. wells, the first men in the moon, the war of the worlds, vega, when the sleeper wakes, where the mountain meets the moon, wild swans, yue lao |