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Pandering to Pandavas

I’d been interested in the story of the Mahabharata, even more so since reading the Aru Shah books, in which the Pandavas are reincarnated as teenage girls. So I checked out an abridged edition translated by William Buck. While much … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Book Reviews, Dice, Dragon Quest, Families, Games, Hinduism, History, India, Magic, Mythology, Pachisi, Philosophy, Poetry, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged arjuna, aru shah, ashvins, bhagavad gita, bhima, dharma, dharma raja, dhritarashta, dragon quest xi, draupadi, duryodhana, gambling, ganesh, hastinapura, indra, karna, kauravas, krishna, kunti, kurukshetra war, luminary, madri, mahabharata, mohandas gandhi, moses, nakula, pandavas, pandu, remus, rick riordan presents, romulus, roshani chokshi, sahadeva, sargon, surya, vayu, vichitravirya, vyasa, william buck, yudhisthira |

A Demon Spurned

I haven’t written a dedicated mythology post in a while, and I recently finished the second Aru Shah book, so I thought I might do something with one of its characters. One of the main villains in the story was … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Hinduism, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Religion | Tagged aru shah, aru shah and the song of death, asuras, brahma, danavas, demons, devas, giants, indra, kaikesi, kumbhakarna, laxmana, meenakshi, pandava quartet, rakshasas, rama, ramayana, ravana, roshani chokshi, saraswati, sita, surpanakha, vibhishana, vidyutjihva, vishrava |

Mythology Today

A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire – The second of the October Daye novels has Toby, at the behest of her lord Duke Sylvester, investigating a fairy-run computer company in Fremont, which in Faerie is a buffer zone between two … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Hinduism, Mythology, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire | Tagged a local habitation, aru shah and the end of time, chitrigupta, demons, dharma raja, dryads, fairies, hanuman, indra, lady of the lake, luidaeg, mahabarata, nymphs, october daye, pandava quartet, roshani chokshi, shakuni, suyodhana, urvashi, witches |

Indra Goes Out

I don’t think I’ve yet devoted a post to Indra, the Hindu storm god and warrior. He was the leader of the gods and a great hero in the Rigvedas, but once the worship of the Trimurti came to dominate … Continue reading →

Posted in Hinduism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged agni, ahalya, airavata, arjuna, brahma, demons, devas, dragons, elephants, gautama, indra, krishna, mahabharata, prthivi, ramayana, ravana, rigvedas, shiva, svargaloka, trimurti, uchchihshravas, vishnu, vritra |

Mixed Mythology Makes Mischief

It’s no secret that I enjoy fiction based on classical mythology, or that I put a little too much energy into pondering how crossovers work. And when something includes elements from the mythology of various cultures, it can often become … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Christianity, Christopher Moore, Comics, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Judaism, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Percy Jackson, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anubis, apollo, chiron, coyote, coyote blue, crossovers, hades, heidi klum, hel, hermes, indra, jesus, jonathan stroud, jupiter, kali, marvel comics, mercury, odin, osiris, ra, shiva, sol, sun, the lightning thief, the ring of solomon, thor, ymir, zeus |

Going Up

Today is another Christian holiday that doesn’t get much press these days, Ascension Thursday. This is when Jesus, after being resurrected on Easter Sunday and hanging around for forty days, ascended bodily into Heaven. I’m sure we’ve all seen the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Holidays, Islam, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Taoism | Tagged ascension thursday, bible, buraq, eight immortals, elijah, enoch, hercules, indra, jerusalem, jesus, kali yuga, muhammad, quran, virgin mary, yudisthira, zeus |