meleager – VoVatia (original) (raw)

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 |

Power Pig

While I generally think of pigs as fairly gentle domestic animals, they apparently can be quite dangerous, particularly when they’re the wild variety that you don’t see all that often in my neck of the woods. There are several Greek … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged althaea, artemis, atalante, calydon, calydonian boar, crommyonian sow, dioscuri, erymanthian boar, herakles, hercules, jason, king oeneus of calydon, meleager, pigs, theseus |