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Jumping Through Hoopoes

Here’s the book review post I mentioned before, which is partially about Greek mythology, and includes a lot of tangents. I always wonder whether people like those, or just want me to stick to the media I’m discussing. The Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged antillia, aristophanes, bible, birds, clash of the titans, cloudcuckooland, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, farid ud-din attar, g. willow wilson, hercules, hercules the legendary journeys, hoopoes, iris, jinn, joseph, kamala khan, kevin sorbo, king solomon, koh-e-qaf, lamia, liz gloyn, marvel comics, medusa, ms. marvel, nephelokokkygia, nimrod, poseidon, prometheus, puns, quran, ray harryhausen, sheikh sam'an, simurgh, sufism, sultan mahmoud, tereus, the bird king, the birds, the conference of the birds, tracking classical monsters in popular culture, triballus, xena warrior princess |

You Can’t Sit at Our Table

Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Christianity, Egyptian, Ethnicity, Etymology, Families, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged abraham, aegyptus, agenor, andromeda, atlas, babylon, belus, bible, bosporus, canaan, carthage, cetus, crete, danaus, eber, egypt, esau, ethiopia, euripides, europa, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, good news bible, ham, hellen, hera, herodotus, heth, hittites, iapetus, inachus, incest, Iran, ishmael, isis, israel, jacob, japheth, jonah, king cepheus, king solomon, king xerxes i, libya, lydia, magog, mesopotamia, mizraim, moab, mycenae, nimrod, noah, ophir, paul of tarsus, perses, perseus, phoenicia, poseidon, prometheus, racism, scythia, sea monsters, shem, table of nations, tarshish, tartessos, the rose and the ring, titans, tros, troy, william makepeace thackeray, zeus |

The Bible Says a Lot of Things

One thing I’ve found is that, when someone discusses the Bible from a secular perspective, there will be devout believers who get angry about it, even though no one is actually attacking their faith. I guess part of the problem … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Norse, Religion | Tagged adam and eve, archaeology, ark of the covenant, bible, biblical inerrancy, divine inspiration, enoch, exodus, hittites, israel, jason, judah, judas iscariot, king cepheus, king david, medea, nephilim, nimrod, queen cassiopeia, queen of sheba, tel dan stele, theseus, trojan war |

Won’t You Please Run Over Me?

While I’ve been looking at Frank solo and his work with the Catholics, and I’m not totally out of such material, I’m finding them harder to write much about. Besides, I’ve already written my basic opinions about most of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Music, Pixies | Tagged bible, come on pilgrim, kim deal, larry norman, nimrod, righeira, song of solomon, steve albini, surfer rosa |

Armenia, City in the Sky

I can’t say as I know a whole lot about Armenia, but my Wikipedia e-mail for today mentioned that today is the 4505th anniversary of the traditional date of its founding. Mind you, I don’t think there’s any first-hand evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Bronze Age, Christianity, Etymology, History, Holidays, Middle East, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Semitic | Tagged armenia, armenian apostolic church, babylon, bel, bible, genesis, hayk, japheth, movses khorenatsi, navasard, nimrod, noah, noah's ark, orion |

Merely a Man

I wrote about demonization last week, but there’s another way people dealt with gods they didn’t believe in, which is claiming that they’re simply people who came to be worshipped. Of course this kind of thing actually happened, both with … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Mormonism, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged aeneid, crete, euhemerism, euhemerus, europa, hercules, jesus, joseph smith, minos, nimrod, odin, priam, samson, snorri sturluson, troy, virgil, zeus |

Semiramis Kind of Life

Looking back at this Chick Tract dissection, I thought that Jack Chick’s obsession with Semiramis might be worth a post. So who’s Semiramis? And is she related to Harold Ramis, who played Egon in Ghostbusters? I don’t know about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Catholicism, Christianity, Fundamentalism, History, Jack Chick, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Mythology, Religion, Semitic | Tagged alexander hislop, diodorus siculus, nimrod, ninus, semiramis, shammuramat, shamshi-adad, virgin mary |

Orion’s Origins

Orion is perhaps the most visible constellation in the night sky these days (well, at least in the Northern Hemisphere), due largely to the three stars known as Orion’s Belt, which have also been called the Three Wise Men. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged apollo, artemis, bible, genesis, giants, hermes, hyrieus, merope, nimrod, oinopion of chios, orion, poseidon, zeus |

Make My Millennium

I have three book reviews for you today. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages, by Norman Cohn – I bought this on a whim when I found it at the school bookstore … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Cults, France, Germany, History, Holy Roman Empire, Humor, Oz, Religion | Tagged alexander volkov, aliens, arzaks, bible, big trouble, dave barry, hurricap, jesus, kurt vonnegut, magic land, menvits, middle ages, nimrod, norman cohn, peter blystone, rameria, revelation, tales of magic land, the mystery of the deserted castle, the pursuit of the millennium, urfin jus |

A Cushy History

As I’m sure you know, the Table of Nations in the book of Genesis uses individual people to stand for nations. According to the Bible, all of the countries and tribes of the world are descended from Noah, as he … Continue reading →

Posted in Egyptian, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged alexander the great, belus, bible, canaan, cepheus, egypt, ethiopia, ham, herodotus, jaffa, libya, nimrod, noah, poseidon, sesostris, sphinx |