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There Is No Such Thing as Subtle Cruelty

I haven’t been listening to a lot of music lately, as when I get the chance to listen to anything, there are two podcasts for which I’ve been working through the archives. Beth has been really getting into Sparks as … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Food, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, Music, Mythology, Religion, Tori Amos | Tagged 1 corinthians, alastair galbraith, bible, charlie chaplin, classical elements, elton john, ghana, heaven, hell, janelle monae, john darnielle, medusa, metamorphoses, metropolis the chase suite, morrissey, mountain goats, ocean to ocean, ovid, poseidon, revelation, robots, sparks |

Three Birds and One Stone

I’ve been meaning to take a closer look at some of the stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, but my mind tends to get a lot of them mixed up. Someone does something to offend the gods, and is turned into something … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged aeolus, alcyone, apollo, artemis, broteas, ceyx, chione, chloris, cybele, daedalion, halcyon birds, hawks, hera, hermes, hubris, hypnos, kingfishers, leto, manisa relief, meliboea, metamorphoses, morpheus, mount parnassus, mount sipylus, niobe, ovid, pelops, phosphorus, suicide, tantalus, transformation, weeping rock, zeus |

I’m Going to Lowryland!

Friends, has this ever happened to you? You finish a book but don’t write about it right away, because you can’t think of that much to say. Then you finish several others, but don’t have the chance to write, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, incryptid, Islam, Language, Magic, marissa meyer, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, seanan mcguire, Sexuality | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, aliens, amusement parks, antimony price, arachne, archenemies, christina rossetti, christopher stasheff, cryptozoology, goblin market, jinn, julius caesar, lowryland, metamorphoseon libri, metamorphoses, michael lowry, my son the wizard, ovid, pyramus, renegades, spanglish, super extra grande, superheroes, thisbe, tricks for free, trojan war, yoss |

I Am a Peanut, a Proud, Peculiar Peanut

Beth and I were considering going to see Rasputina last week, but we didn’t. That did, however, remind me that I hadn’t said anything about their two latest albums.They’re both mostly covers. The Feel-Good Hits of 1817 – It’s part … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Music, Mythology, Poetry, Rasputina | Tagged carl sandburg, cello, david bowie, duke ellington, edvard grieg, johann wolfgang von goethe, lana del rey, melora creager, metamorphoses, none but the lonely heart, ovid, patti smith, piotr ilyich tchaikovsky, potato face, potato face blind man, rootabaga stories, smiths, the feel good hits of 1817, the rocky horror picture show, the who, thomas john williams, thomas weelkes, wallis simpson |

Today You Are a Man

I knew about Tiresias being temporarily turned into a woman, but another sex change in the world of Greek mythology that I just recently found out about is that of Caenis of Thessaly. There are two different accounts of her … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged atrax, caeneus, caenis, calydonian boar, centaurs, coronus, elatus, hippeia, lapiths, metamorphoses, nymphs, ovid, pirithous, poseidon, rape, zeus |

Seasons Change and So Does Vertumnus

It’s common knowledge that most of the Roman gods were basically the same as Greek ones, sometimes with a few differences to reflect the culture. The Romans did have some of their own deities without Greek counterparts, however. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Etymology, Holidays, Language, Mythology, Roman | Tagged autumnus, metamorphoses, nymphs, ovid, phaethon, phoebus, pomona, priapus, procas, seasons, silvanus, tumnus, ver, vertumnalia, vertumnus, voltumna, vortumnus |