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Mythical, Miraculous, and Medieval

The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste – I’d been interested in reading this since I found out what Jumbies were, which is basically evil spirits in Caribbean folklore. In this book, Corinne La Mer lives on an island with her widower … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Carribean, Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, France, Hinduism, History, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mayan, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged adam gidwitz, apsaras, aru shah, aru shah and the nectar of immortality, bears, brothers grimm, cinderella, dogs, dragons, gandharvas, ixtab, jambavan, jumbies, king louis ix, kubera, menaka, nagas, pandavas, rick riordan presents, roshani chokshi, st. martha, talmud, tarasque, the canterbury tales, the inquisitor's tale, the jumbies, the magic orange tree, tracey baptiste, tumburu, vishakanyas |

Get Off Your Ass

This might well be my last book review post of the year. I got an overview of the books I read in 2021 on Goodreads a few weeks ago, but I have no idea why they didn’t save it until … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Hinduism, Korean, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Voodoo, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, aliens, anunnaki, apsaras, apuleius, aru shah, beware the grove of true love, bruto and the freaky flower, calamity juice, carlo collodi, carlos hernandez, chupacabra, cupid and psyche, dalgyal gwisin, demons, don quixote, donkeys, dushyanti, ellen d. finkelpearl, erzulie, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, ghosts, gilgamesh, graci kim, gum baby, isis, j.c. cervantes, kwame mbalia, miguel de cervantes, my life as a child outlaw, my night at the gifted carnival, nymphs, pandavas, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, peter singer, pinocchio, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, roshani chokshi, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, shaggy man, shakuntala, sikander aziz, tehlor kay mejia, the adventures of pinocchio, the cave of doom, the cursed carnival and other calamities, the demon drum, the golden ass, the gum baby files, the initiation, the last fallen star, the loneliest demon, the road to oz, the winter long, tristan strong, urvashi, witches, yoon ha lee, zane obispo |

Pandering to Pandavas

I’d been interested in the story of the Mahabharata, even more so since reading the Aru Shah books, in which the Pandavas are reincarnated as teenage girls. So I checked out an abridged edition translated by William Buck. While much … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Book Reviews, Dice, Dragon Quest, Families, Games, Hinduism, History, India, Magic, Mythology, Pachisi, Philosophy, Poetry, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged arjuna, aru shah, ashvins, bhagavad gita, bhima, dharma, dharma raja, dhritarashta, dragon quest xi, draupadi, duryodhana, gambling, ganesh, hastinapura, indra, karna, kauravas, krishna, kunti, kurukshetra war, luminary, madri, mahabharata, mohandas gandhi, moses, nakula, pandavas, pandu, remus, rick riordan presents, romulus, roshani chokshi, sahadeva, sargon, surya, vayu, vichitravirya, vyasa, william buck, yudhisthira |

Drawn Into Divine Drama

I’ve had some of these book reviews already written for a while, and I’ve finished a few more books, so I think it’s time to put the finishing touches on this post. City of the Plague God, by Sarwat Chadda … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, Families, French, Hinduism, History, Holy Roman Empire, Humor, Islam, Magic, Malaysian, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Semitic, William Shakespeare | Tagged aru shah, aru shah and the city of gold, brynne rao, carlos hernandez, catherine m. jones, charlemagne, city of the plague god, cows, demons, ereshkigal, fairies, giants, gilgamesh, goloka, huon of bordeaux, ishtar, julius caesar, kasusu, king arthur, krishna, kubera, mahabharata, morgan le fay, muhammad, nergal, oberon, pandavas, rape, ravana, rick riordan presents, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, sikander aziz, the order of the pure moon reflected in water, william w. kibler, zen cho |

The Moon Has His Eyes on You

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, by Roshani Chokshi – The series based on Hindu mythology continues with this volume, where the reincarnated Pandavas seek out the magical tree Kalpavriksha with the help of a proud naga prince. Over … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Hinduism, Humor, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged aldebaran, anasuya, antelopes, aru shah, aru shah and the tree of wishes, atri, brahma, brihaspati, budha, chandra, chang'e, daksha, elixir of life, ganesh, jupiter, mercury, moon, nagas, nakshatras, navagraha, ocean of milk, pandava quartet, pandavas, planets, rabbits, rick riordan presents, rohini, shiva, soma, stars, tara |

Krishna’s Corner

Before the Smurfs, the Blue Man Group, or the cat-people from Avatar, there was Krishna. Discussion of this deity is a little difficult due to the fact that different varieties of Hinduism see him in different ways. His original portrayal … Continue reading →

Posted in Hinduism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged arjuna, avatars, bhagavad gita, bhakti yoga, devaki, hare krishna, international society for krishna consciousness, jesus, kali yuga, kamsa, kauravas, krishna, krishnaism, mathura, nanda, pandavas, vishnu, yashoda |