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How We Pierced the Forest

Perceforest: The Prehistory of King Arthur’s Britain translated by Nigel Bryant – I had heard about this epic work a few years ago, but couldn’t find it until recently, at a link on the Arthurian Preservation Project at Tumblr. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, Families, Games, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Sports, Taoism, Technology | Tagged alexander the great, bazonga bird, beowulf, darnant the enchanter, demons, dragons, dyrnwyn, elric of melnibone, excalibur, fafhrd and the grey mouser, fairies, franc palais, fritz leiber, frostfire, gadifer, ganelon, gardner fox, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, graywand, gyraphont, hrunting, jesus, judy i. lin, julius caesar, king arthur, kothar the barbarian, lin carter, michael moorcock, nigel bryant, perceforest, rick riordan presents, round table, sleeping beauty, stormbringer, swords, the dark becomes her, the enchantress of world's end, tyrfing, verminex, weapons |

The New Normal

With the second inauguration of Donald Trump looming, because apparently Americans didn’t get enough of his hateful and exhausting behavior the first time, things definitely look bleak. And it’s worse because it seems like a lot of what I hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Capitalism, Christianity, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Fundamentalism, Language, Magic, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged antichrist, bible, coca-cola, donald trump, elon musk, eugenics, evil, facebook, homophobia, isaiah, jeff bezos, jesus, mark zuckerberg, president george w. bush, racism, talia lavin, transphobia, twitter, wild faith |

The Power of Many

SPOILERS for a TV show and a fairly new movie. Star Wars: The Acolyte – Set about a century before the events of the prequel trilogy, this eight-episode series stars Amandla Stenberg as twin sisters who were artificially created by … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Board Games, Christianity, Egyptian, Games, Magic, Monopoly, Mormonism, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Star Wars, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amandla stenberg, brendok, heretic, hollies, horus, hugh grant, jedi, jesus, jigsaw, lana del rey, landlord's game, radiohead, the acolyte, yoda |

The Rains of Castamere

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan – I’ve been meaning to check out the Wheel of Time series for quite a while now, and I finally got around to it. I thought this book was all right, but not … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Television | Tagged a dirge for prester john, a song of ice and fire, a storm of swords, blemmyae, daenerys targaryen, dragons, edward brooke-hitching, george r.r. martin, giants, jesus, joffrey baratheon, jon snow, judas didymus thomas, long john silver, monopods, muppet treasure island, oscar wilde, pentexore, prester john, robert jordan, robert louis stevenson, the eye of the world, the habitation of the blessed, the phantom atlas, the picture of dorian gray, the wheel of time, treasure island, treasure planet, tyrion lannister, utopia |

Sympathy for Sympathetic Magic

Into the Windwracked Wilds, by A. Deborah Baker – The third book in the Up-and-Under series sees Avery, Ziv, the Crow Girl, and the Drowned Girl Niamh continuing their journey. This includes their getting swallowed by a mosasaur, who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Animism, Authors, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, seanan mcguire, up-and-under | Tagged a. deborah baker, aeneas, aeneid, anthropology, apocalypse, armageddon, baldur, bart ehrman, bible, gospels, human sacrifice, into the windwracked wilds, jesus, joseph campbell, mistletoe, patrick maund, revelation, ritual, robert graves, robert pattrick, sacrifice, seasonal fears, sibyl, sir james george frazer, the golden bough, underworld, unexplored territory in oz, virgil |

Me, I Want a Hula Hoop

A Chipmunk Christmas – From 1981, this was part of an effort by Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of the late creator of the Chipmunks, to revive the property, a few years before the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon series that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Families, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Names, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Plays, Relationships, Religion, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a chipmunk christmas, a wish for wings that work, alvin and the chipmunks, babes in toyland, berkeley breathed, bill the cat, bloom county, care bears, care bears nutcracker suite, clyde crashcup, dave seville, davey and goliath, drew barrymore, dustin hoffman, fred r. hamlin, georgie porgie, jack be nimble, jesus, julian mitchell, keanu reeves, kevin geeks out, leslie bricusse, lost horizon, mary mary quite contrary, moral orel, mrs. claus, nutcracker suite, old mother hubbard, opus the penguin, outland, pat morita, peter piper, piotyr ilyich tchaikovsky, robin williams, ross bagdasarian, ross bagdasarian jr., santa claus, silas barnaby, silent night deadly night, silent night deadly night part 2, sugar plum fairy, the alvin show, the best christmas ever, the karate kid, the wizard of oz (1902), the wizard of oz (1939), trolls |

Mary-ly We Troll Along

Popular Tales from the Norse, compiled by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent – It includes the tale of the grinder that can produce anything. Many of them have a character called Askelad … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Authors, Christianity, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion | Tagged arabian nights, beneath the moon, bible, big peter and little peter, bulls, cinderella, east of the sun and west of the moon, goats, jesus, jorgen engebretsen moe, kate crackernuts, katie woodencloak, megingjord, north wind, ogres, peter christen asbjornsen, popular tales from the norse, revelation, rocs, satan, sinbad the sailor, sir george webbe dasent, soria moria castle, tatterhood, the blue belt, the cock and hen a-nutting, the lad who went to the north wind, the lassie and her godmother, the master-smith, the three princesses of whiteland, thor, trolls, virgin mary, yoshi yoshitani |

Did It Hurt When You Fell from Heaven?

I first learned about Genesis B through Alice K. Turner’s The History of Hell. It’s an Old English poem included in a longer one called, not surprisingly, Genesis A. Of course, that wasn’t what people called them at the time. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Semitic, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 1 corinthians, 1 enoch, 2 corinthians, 2 enoch, aaron hostetter, abraham, adam and eve, alice k. turner, angels, bellerophon, bible, crucifixion, demons, ephesians, exodus, garden of eden, genesis, genesis a, genesis b, gigantes, heaven, hell, hera, immortality, jesus, job, jubilees, junius manuscript, kronos, lucifer, mastema, monotheism, moses, olympus, omnipotence, omniscience, pegasus, polytheism, quran, satan, sataniel, the history of hell, tower of babel, typhon, zeus |

Dividing Canaan

The current war between Israel and Palestine is obviously horrific, and I can’t say I really know enough about what’s going on there to properly write about it. I’ve certainly seen valid points for and against both populations, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Islam, Judaism, Middle East, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged 2 thessalonians, abraham, benjamin netanyahu, bible, british mandate for palestine, dispensationalism, donald trump, exodus, ezekiel, gog, hal lindsey, hamas, israel, jerusalem, jesus, joshua, judah, king david, king solomon, magog, palestine, prophecy, rapture, revelation, scofield reference bible, second coming, terrorism, zionism |

Retirement or Resurrection

I finished the two books I bought at OzCon (the ones I hadn’t already read, that is). Since my last post here was book reviews, however, I’m bringing this post about the movies I watched the weekend before last out … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged airbnb, angels, barbarian, bible, david bowie, gospels, jesus, jesus christ superstar, judas iscariot, justin long, mary magdalene, pontius pilate, richard brake, the last temptation of christ |