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Sumer Is Icumen In
The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Poul Anderson, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Sumerian, Wayward Children | Tagged adrift in currents clean and clear, agriculture, another day, atlas, belyyreka, bible, changelings, civilization, delos, elves, enki, enlil, fairies, firmament, geb, geese, genesis, inanna, jinn, league of princes, lord of the rings, marduk, nanna, ninlil, ninurta, nut, odin, out of oz, pirates, samuel noah kramer, shu, skafloc, sleeping beauty, sumerian mythology, swords, the brides of maracoor, the broken sword, the fellowship of the ring, the hero's guide to being an outlaw, thor, tiamat, trolls, tuatha de danann, turtles, utu, vikings, weapons, wicked, wicked witch of the west, witches |
If the Shu Fits
I’ve started reading Rick Riordan’s new book, The Serpent’s Shadow, and I have to say I was entertained by the appearance of the primordial Egyptian god Shu as a conservative, prudish old man. This conception of his personality is almost … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Egyptian, Kane Chronicles, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged apep, atlas, geb, nut, ra, shu, tefnut |
Jesus Christ, Copycat
Merry Christmas! I’ve never really understood why (at least in the United States) this is the one holiday when we’re supposed to be merry instead of merely happy, but there you go. And as we all know, the true meaning … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Egyptian, Hinduism, Holidays, Mythology, Oz, Religion, Roman | Tagged egyptian calendar, horus, isis, janmashtami, jesus, krishna, nephthys, nile river, nut, osiris, ra, set, sirius, sol invictus, winter solstice |
Will the Real Horus Please Stand Up?
One of the major gods of the Olympian pantheon is Horus, perhaps more accurately rendered as Heru. The fact that most of what we know about ancient Egypt was filtered through Greek first gives us a lot of extra S’s, … Continue reading →
Posted in Egyptian, Kane Chronicles, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged falcon, geb, heru, horus, isis, nut, osiris, pharaoh, ra, set |
The Great Set-Up
I’ve been reading Rick Riordan’s newest book, The Red Pyramid, which does for Egyptian mythology what his Percy Jackson series did for the Greek. The main villain (at least so far; I haven’t finished the book, and I know Riordan … Continue reading →
Posted in Egyptian, Mythology | Tagged adam and eve, bible, cain and abel, calendar, chaos, desert, geb, genesis, horus, isis, nephthys, nile, nut, osiris, percy jackson, ra, rick riordan, set, set animal, seth, the red pyramid, underworld |