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Jumping Through Hoopoes

Here’s the book review post I mentioned before, which is partially about Greek mythology, and includes a lot of tangents. I always wonder whether people like those, or just want me to stick to the media I’m discussing. The Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged antillia, aristophanes, bible, birds, clash of the titans, cloudcuckooland, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, farid ud-din attar, g. willow wilson, hercules, hercules the legendary journeys, hoopoes, iris, jinn, joseph, kamala khan, kevin sorbo, king solomon, koh-e-qaf, lamia, liz gloyn, marvel comics, medusa, ms. marvel, nephelokokkygia, nimrod, poseidon, prometheus, puns, quran, ray harryhausen, sheikh sam'an, simurgh, sufism, sultan mahmoud, tereus, the bird king, the birds, the conference of the birds, tracking classical monsters in popular culture, triballus, xena warrior princess |

Quran So Far Away

I’ve now read through the Quran, mostly using this translation. I know it’s really only considered authentic in Arabic, but I can’t read that language. Discussing Islam can be kind of awkward, especially because the amount of Islamophobia in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged abraham, adam and eve, angels, antisemitism, bible, demons, elephants, ezra, heaven, hell, homosexuality, iblis, islamophobia, jesus, jihad, jinn, jorge luis borges, joseph, king solomon, mecca, muhammad, paradise, quran, sabbath, satan, satanic verses, the book of imaginary beings, virgin mary, war |

Ho Ho Home Invasion

I usually don’t like to make two of the same kind of post in a row, but ’tis the season, so here are some more reviews of Christmas-related audiovisual media. Santa Claus – I’d heard of this 1959 Mexican movie, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Religion, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, Zelda | Tagged angela lansbury, angels, cherubim, devils, dogs, donkeys, frank conniff, gene autry, irving berlin, jesus, joseph, lucifer, merlin, mystery science theater 3000, nativity, nestor the long-eared christmas donkey, rankin/bass, reindeer, roger miller, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, santa claus, santa claus vs. the devil, sheep, the first christmas, the story of the first christmas snow, three wise men, trace beaulieu, virgin mary, white christmas |

A Shekel a Dozen

It’s well attested that ancient Israel was made up of twelve tribes, but exactly what those tribes were varies from one list to another. Typically, they’re said to be Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Zebulun, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Ethnicity, Etymology, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Politics, Religion | Tagged aigyptos, assyrians, babylonians, bible, canaan, dan, danaus, denyen, deuteronomistic history, edom, egypt, ephraim, esau, exodus, genesis, hellen, israel, jacob, john of patmos, joseph, judah, leah, levi, libya, manasseh, philistines, rachel, reuben, revelation, samaritans, samson, sea peoples, shechem, simeon, ten lost tribes, tros, twelve tribes of israel |

A Long Walk Off a Short Pyramid

Dr. Ben Carson has been the subject of much mockery for a lot of reasons, but one of the most prominent is that he thought Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Apparently he didn’t even make this up; it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Futurama, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, Science, Television | Tagged antiquities of the jews, charles piazzi smith, dr. ben carson, egypt, exodus, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, great pyramid, james taylor, jesus, joseph, karel drbal, new age, noah, pharaoh, pi, pyramids, ramesses ii of egypt, seth, the ten commandments, thuban |