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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 |

Big Bugs and Birds

Calculated Risks, by Seanan McGuire – This one is a direct follow-up to Imaginary Numbers, with Sarah Zellaby and her allies transported into another dimension, and their memories of her having been erased. She has to do the calculations to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Authors, Book Reviews, Dreams, Humor, incryptid, Korean, Magic, Mathematics, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Persian, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Sexuality, They Might Be Giants, Xanth | Tagged antimony price, calculated risks, cheollima, fonda lee, ghost writer in the sky, gifted clans, graci kim, imaginary numbers, isis, johrlac, manticores, rabbits, rick riordan presents, rocs, sarah zellaby, singing the comic-con blues, sirens, the last fallen realm, untethered sky, verity price |

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 |

The Lady’s in Hades

I’ve written a bit about Battle of Olympus before. My family rented it a few times in my childhood but could never get too far in it, maybe as far as the first Cyclops. In terms of gameplay, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged achilles, angel land, anubis, atari, battle of olympus, bears, broderbund, castlevania ii: simon's quest, cerberus, chocobos, clash of the titans, cyclopes, dragon quest vi, dragons, eurydice, hades, helen of troy, hydra, isis, kid icarus uprising, lamia, medusa, minotaur, monkeys, mount olympus, ocarina, orpheus, pegasus, persephone, ray harryhausen, riddle of the sphinx, satyrs, snakes, talos, underworld |

You Can’t Sit at Our Table

Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Christianity, Egyptian, Ethnicity, Etymology, Families, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged abraham, aegyptus, agenor, andromeda, atlas, babylon, belus, bible, bosporus, canaan, carthage, cetus, crete, danaus, eber, egypt, esau, ethiopia, euripides, europa, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, good news bible, ham, hellen, hera, herodotus, heth, hittites, iapetus, inachus, incest, Iran, ishmael, isis, israel, jacob, japheth, jonah, king cepheus, king solomon, king xerxes i, libya, lydia, magog, mesopotamia, mizraim, moab, mycenae, nimrod, noah, ophir, paul of tarsus, perses, perseus, phoenicia, poseidon, prometheus, racism, scythia, sea monsters, shem, table of nations, tarshish, tartessos, the rose and the ring, titans, tros, troy, william makepeace thackeray, zeus |

Get Off Your Ass

This might well be my last book review post of the year. I got an overview of the books I read in 2021 on Goodreads a few weeks ago, but I have no idea why they didn’t save it until … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Hinduism, Korean, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Voodoo, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, aliens, anunnaki, apsaras, apuleius, aru shah, beware the grove of true love, bruto and the freaky flower, calamity juice, carlo collodi, carlos hernandez, chupacabra, cupid and psyche, dalgyal gwisin, demons, don quixote, donkeys, dushyanti, ellen d. finkelpearl, erzulie, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, ghosts, gilgamesh, graci kim, gum baby, isis, j.c. cervantes, kwame mbalia, miguel de cervantes, my life as a child outlaw, my night at the gifted carnival, nymphs, pandavas, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, peter singer, pinocchio, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, roshani chokshi, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, shaggy man, shakuntala, sikander aziz, tehlor kay mejia, the adventures of pinocchio, the cave of doom, the cursed carnival and other calamities, the demon drum, the golden ass, the gum baby files, the initiation, the last fallen star, the loneliest demon, the road to oz, the winter long, tristan strong, urvashi, witches, yoon ha lee, zane obispo |

Glindaness Is Next to Godliness

I appreciate that The Baum Bugle has recently been putting out some issues that largely focus on a particular book. I don’t know if there are plans for this to continue, but I’ve found some information there that I hadn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Art, Characters, Egyptian, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Spiritualism | Tagged birds, dorothy gale, glinda, glinda of oz, great book of records, immortality, ira and william davenport, isis, margaret berg, matilda joslyn gage, michael patrick hearn, neith, osiris, robert b. luehrs, snoods, spirit cabinet, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the baum bugle, the magic of oz, the reading tree of oz, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz |

Theft of the Magi

I purchased the SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend Collection for the Switch, and I’ve mostly concentrated on Final Fantasy Legend II. I tried out the first one, but died pretty much immediately. I actually did in FFL2 as well, but that one … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Drugs, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Food, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Religion, Roman, Semitic, Technology, Video Games | Tagged apollo, asherah, ashur, ashura, asuras, bananas, espers, final fantasy legend, final fantasy legend ii, final fantasy legend iii, game boy, giants, isis, mutants, nintendo power, nintendo switch, odin, opium, robots, saga, saga final fantasy legend collection, the magician's nephew, venus, weapons |

Save Our Symbols

I’ve recently heard about white supremacist groups co-opting the A-OK finger symbol, which hardly seems fair to the rest of us. If they want to steal it, why should they just be able to get away with it? We can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Satanism, Theosophy, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged adolf hitler, anton lavey, aryans, atlantis, classical elements, donald trump, eliphas levi, goats, heimdall, isis, jesus, manji, nazis, pentagram, racism, satan, stars, swastika, symbolism, terrorism, the legend of zelda |

Give Me Resurrection or Give Me Death!

I’ve looked at the concept of gods dying and being resurrected before, and it really seems like there’s a tendency to ascribe more similarities to the various myths of the sort than there really are. It’s a common theme, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Judaism, Mythology, Norse, Religion | Tagged baldur, death, dionysus, ganesh, gerald massey, hades, horus, isis, jesus, krishna, loki, messiah, osiris, persephone, ragnarok, resurrection, zeus |