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Forget That Girl

Today, I’d like to talk about Meng Po, a Chinese goddess who makes an appearance in Katie Zhao’s Fallen Hero. She’s a resident of Diyu, the underworld, which combines Taoist and Buddhist traditions. Meng Po makes a magic liquid that … Continue reading →

Tagged aeneid, afterlife, death, demons, diyu, emperor qin shi huangdi, emperor shun, emperor yao, fallen hero, fan xiliang, great wall of china, hypnos, katie zhao, lethe river, meng jiang, meng po, mi hun tang, mnemosyne, myth of er, new age, nome king, orphic mysteries, plato, qi liang, reincarnation, republic, siddhartha gautama, souls, suicide, underworld, virgil, water of oblivion |

Three Birds and One Stone

I’ve been meaning to take a closer look at some of the stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, but my mind tends to get a lot of them mixed up. Someone does something to offend the gods, and is turned into something … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged aeolus, alcyone, apollo, artemis, broteas, ceyx, chione, chloris, cybele, daedalion, halcyon birds, hawks, hera, hermes, hubris, hypnos, kingfishers, leto, manisa relief, meliboea, metamorphoses, morpheus, mount parnassus, mount sipylus, niobe, ovid, pelops, phosphorus, suicide, tantalus, transformation, weeping rock, zeus |

Polytheistic Politics

Notice how pretty much every presidential candidate says they were called by God to run? When I mentioned this, Amy correctly pointed out that he didn’t necessarily want all of them to WIN, but they all seem to think he … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Carribean, Current Events, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Humor, Japanese, Mythology, Norse, Politics, Religion | Tagged anubis, aqua buddha, bernie sanders, binbogami, carly fiorina, chris christie, cthulhu, devas, donald trump, dr. ben carson, eris, hades, hera, hermes, hillary clinton, hypnos, jeb bush, jim gilmore, john kasich, loki, marco rubio, ogoun, orishas, prometheus, rand paul, rick santorum, somnus, suiten, ted cruz, trolls |

They Haven’t Yet Built the Man That’ll Keep Old Johnny Down

They Might Be Giants have been my official favorite band for some years now, dating back to when it was much easier for me to choose a favorite because I didn’t have albums by that many artists. This isn’t the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music | Tagged Ben Folds, cephalophores, david driver, duende, frank stockton, hieronymous bosch, hypnos, john flansburgh, john linnell, join us, land of the lost, michael cerveris, morpheus, neil gaiman, sandman, thanatos, the lady or the tiger?, they might be giants, vietnam war, weird al yankovic |

Hello Morpheus, I Think I’m Going Down

In addition to the major deities, Greek mythology is full of minor gods who are basically just personifications of certain concepts, rather than having fully fleshed-out personalities. It seems that a lot of these are old deities who remained in … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged death, dreams, hypnos, icelus, iris, nyx, oneiroi, ovid, phantasos, phobetor, poppies, thanatos, zephyrus |