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You’ve Got a Fiend in Me
I wrote a bit about the Four Fiends from Final Fantasy before, but I’ve since thought of more to say. Four of the main bosses in the first games, they’re associated with the four classical elements, and are causing the destruction … Continue reading →
Posted in Babylonian, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Gender, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Technology, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 8-bit theater, ahriman, archfiends, bahamut, baramos, barbariccia, cagnazzo, cecil harvey, cerberus, chaos, classical elements, dante alighieri, demons, dhuran, dinosaurs, divine comedy, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest vi, dragons, dualhead hydra, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, echidna, elemental fiends, enuma elish, excalibur, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, final fantasy ix, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy stranger of paradise, final fantasy vi, flamerus rex, four fiends, four heavenly kings, game boy advance, gardner fox, garland, gary gygax, general beatrix, golbez, golems, guardians of terra, gutsco, hans christian andersen, hydra, ice golem, inferno, kaimeiji yuu, kain highwind, kali, kary, kingdom of baron, kraken, kuja, land turtle, lich, light warriors, lilith, lufenia, malebranche, mara, marduk, marilith, mermaids, mortamor, mount ordeals, nagas, orthros, pazuzu, phylactery, quena quen, ramayana, robots, rubicante, salamanders, scarmiglione, siddhartha gautama, skullrus rex, stone golem, tataka, the little mermaid, the sword of the sorcerer, tiamat, time loops, titans, twinhead wyvern, two-headed dragon, ultros, vile four, wyverns, yang fang leiden, zidane tribal, zoma, zuh |
Modern Women in a Mythical World
Atalanta, by Jennifer Saint – Atalanta is a Greek heroine to whom I don’t think I’ve devoted a post, although I did mention her in relation to the Calydonian Boar Hunt. As with a lot of mythical characters, the stories … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Semitic, Ultima, Video Games, Xanth | Tagged achilles, adam and eve, aidan moher, angels, argonauts, asherah, atalanta, atalante, bible, briseis, calydonian boar, carl h. grabo, dragons, dungeons and dragons, elijah, fairies, fight magic items, giants, hippomenes, jennifer saint, jest right, jezebel, lilith, madeline miller, mary magdalene, meleager, nikki marmery, noah, old man of the sea, peacocks, peter and the princess, reilly & lee, rocs, samael, square enix, st. brendan the navigator, the song of achilles, time travel, trolls, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, ultima thule, wizardry, yoshinori kitase |
The Lion Shall Lay Down with the Lamassu
With the appearance of Lamassu on the latest Futurama episode (although I haven’t been able to find a picture of them online as of yet), I thought they might be an interesting concept to look into, although I’m not really sure there’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Babylonian, Buddhism, Cartoons, Etymology, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Judaism, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Persian, Religion, Television | Tagged abenaki, achaemenid empire, angels, anu, apsu, cherubim, demons, donkeys, enki, enuma elish, glooscap, gopathas, griffins, lahamu, lahmu, lamashtu, lamassu, lamia, lilith, mercury, pamola, pazuzu, shedu, sphinx, tiamat, yalis |
An Apple Was the Cause of It All
Comfort Me with Apples, by Catherynne M. Valente – It’s hard to say anything about this book without spoiling it, as a twist is integral to the plot. At the same time, though, there are some things about the twist … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Judaism, Korean, Magic, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged adam and eve, apples, bible, bluebeard, cindy lin, comfort me with apples, garden of eden, genesis, gifted clans, graci kim, heaven, hell, heo jun, horror, jiok, lilith, murder, rick riordan presents, song of solomon, the last fallen moon, the stepford wives, the twelve, yeomra, zodiac |
Huluppu to Hell
Alice K. Turner’s The History of Hell gave glimpses into a lot of different myths associated with the world of the dead, some of which I don’t think I’d really explored before. Two of them were Mesopotamian stories, that of … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Babylonian, Mythology | Tagged alice k. turner, demons, enki, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, ereshkigal, gilgamesh, huluppu tree, inanna, irkalla, ishtar, lilith, namtar, nergal, persephone, serpents, tammuz, the history of hell, underworld |
Good Gods and Bad Gods
I don’t think people typically worship gods they think of as evil. That’s not to say it doesn’t happen, just that it doesn’t seem to be the basis of any major religion. What does happen is that societies will demonize … Continue reading →
Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Egyptian, Gender, Greek Mythology, Judaism, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Persian, Religion, Roman, Satanism, Semitic, Zoroastrianism | Tagged ahriman, ahura mazda, angra mainyu, apsu, astaroth, astarte, beelzebub, demons, devil worship, h.p. lovecraft, kronos, lilith, loki, mother goddesses, ouranos, satan, saturn, set, tiamat, titans, typhon, ymir, zeus |
From Olympus to Oz
As a fan of both the Oz books and classical mythology, I have an interest in works that combine the two. Such stories are often controversial, though, both for religious reasons and because crossovers always bring in a lot of … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Hugh Pendexter, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Semitic | Tagged as the rainbow follows the rain, bifrost, eris, fairies, ganesh, immortals, iris, king anko, kole, krishna, lilith, lulea, lurline, lurline and the white ravens of oz, martin gardner, mount helicon, neptune, nymphs, polychrome, ragnarok, rainbow, saturn, the crocheted cat in oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the enchantment of oz, the golden goblin, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic tapestry of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the royal explorers of oz, the visitors from oz, wooglet in oz |
Lamia Lore
Beth and I just finished watching Drag Me to Hell, basically a horror movie with some obvious silliness, like a goat calling a woman a bitch. I have to say that I thought the protagonist got what she had coming … Continue reading →
Posted in Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged drag me to hell, hera, lamia, lilith, poseidon, zeus |
Better Go See Elijah
I’ve written about the prophet Elijah a few times, but I’ve only just become aware of a rabbinical tradition that identifies him as the same person as Phinehas. So who was Phinehas? He was the son of Eleazar, who in … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Religion | Tagged aaron, baal, baal-peor, bible, cozbi, eleazar, elijah, enoch, genesis, joshua, lilith, metatron, moses, numbers, phinehas, prophets, sadducees, sandalphon, shittim, zadok, zimri |