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She’s Come Undine

I keep forgetting to write something about the novella Undine, by German author Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, which I read on Gutenberg in a translation geared toward children. I’ve become somewhat fascinated with the influence of Paracelsus‘ concept of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, German, Greek Mythology, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Religion, They Might Be Giants, Video Games | Tagged bertalda, blue men of the minch, brothers grimm, cap'n bill, elementals, fossegrim, friedrich de la motte fouque, hans christian andersen, huldbrand, immortals, john flansburgh, kelpies, kuhleborn, mermaids, nixies, nokks, nymphs, ondine, paracelsus, queen of the water sprites, sirens, souls, stromkarlen, the life and adventures of santa claus, the little mermaid, the nixie of the mill-pond, the sea fairies, trot griffiths, undine, undines, vampires, water sprites |

You Oughta Be in Pictures

When I wrote my review of The Wonder City of Oz, Marc Berezin mentioned that he thought John R. Neill had written some of it to make use of pre-existing art. Repurposing his art is definitely a thing Neill did; … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Celtic, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, captain salt, cayke the cookie cook, comfortable camel, davy jones the wooden whale, dorothy gale, emerald city, fairies, firefly fairies, glinda of oz, guardian of the gates, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jinjur, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo, kelpies, lake quad, leprechauns, lucky bucky in oz, mushrooms, nomes, number nine, ojo in oz, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, psychopompus, sir hokus of pokes, snufferbux, sorcerers, spy-ders, the baum bugle, the runaway in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the voice of bong, the wonder city of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, trot griffiths, wizard of oz |

The More Real Than Real World Beyond the Real

Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire – Another book in the Wayward Children series, this one has a girl named Regan visit the Hooflands, a world of mythical hooved creatures, but before that deals with the treacherous nature … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Comics, Dreams, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Relationships, seanan mcguire, Sexuality, Wayward Children | Tagged a cockeyed menagerie, across the green grass fields, andre breton, centaurs, fauns, holy grail, julien levy, kelpies, king arthur, marcel duchamp, max ernst, merlin, minotaur, nimue, once and future, paul eluard, perytons, rene magritte, salvador dali, sir lancelot du lac, surrealism, sword in the stars, t.s. sullivant, unicorns, walt kelly |

They Blue Themselves

At the risk of lacking variety, I’m featuring another malevolent sea creature from Scottish mythology this week. This myth appears to be very localized, limited to northern Scotland. These sea people, known as the Blue Men of the Minch, are…exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Mythology, Scottish | Tagged angels, blue men of the minch, donald mackenzie, fairies, hebrides, john gregorson campbell, kelpies, minch, picts, seonaidh, shony |

Pooka Your Eyes Out

Is there any connection between the Pookas from Dig Dug and the fairies of the same name from Celtic mythology? I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be too surprised, as the Celtic creatures are known as tricksters. Like many of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Mythology | Tagged brian boru, buccas, fairies, goblins, harvey, kelpies, pookas, pucas, puck, pwkas, pwwkas |