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Mundus Vult Decipi

Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire – Pretty early on in this book, I was reminded of The Wishing Horse of Oz. Someone has cast a spell to put them in charge and make everyone else accept that, but it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged asherah, baal, biography of the life of manuel, candles and starlight, changelings, dinosaurs, dom manuel, dragons, fairies, figures of earth, funtunfunefu-denkyemfunefu, golems, james branch cabell, jurgen, mark s. smith, moloch, poictesme, rick riordan presents, roseanne a. brown, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, serwa boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem, sleep no more, the early history of god, the wishing horse of oz, time travel, titania, vampires |

Putting the Chemosh On

A little research into Biblical history reveals that, before becoming monotheistic, the worship of Yahweh that would eventually develop into Judaism was henotheistic. That is, while Yahweh was viewed as the main god and the national deity of Israel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Greek Mythology, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Semitic | Tagged adad, ahab of israel, aphrodite, asherah, ashtoreth, astarte, baal, bible, bosheth, carthage, chemosh, constitution, el, elijah, hadad, hannibal, henotheism, jezebel, josiah, leviticus, melek, melqart, mesha of moab, moab, molech, moloch, mot, mount of olives, psalms, rabbi shlomo yitzhaki, rashi, solomon, tyre, yamm |