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Man, You Should Have Seen Them Kicking Edgar Allan Poe

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher – This is an adaptation and expansion of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which I read in preparation for this. It contains other references as well, with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Beatrix Potter, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Language, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Persian, Prejudice, Relationships | Tagged anthony hope, at the earth's core, bloody rose, colonialism, dragons, edgar allan poe, edgar rice burroughs, hollow earth, inkwitch, jack vance, kings of the wyld, necromancers, nicholas eames, pellucidar, rhialto the marvellous, satyrs, shamans, simurgh, t. kingfisher, tarzan, the dying earth, the fall of the house of usher, the prisoner of zenda, what moves the dead |

Haints and Saints

Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher – This novella plays on the Sleeping Beauty story, using the concept of a princess trapped in a tower due to a fairy’s curse. The focus is on the enchanter, a girl called Toadling who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celebrities, Christianity, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Families, Greek Mythology, Health, History, Humor, In Memoriam, incryptid, Magic, Medicine, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Religion, Roman, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged alf landon, alice price-healy, and sweep up the wood, antimony price, buddha, centaurs, changelings, cryptozoology, death, dragons, fairies, gustave flaubert, homosexuality, jenny greenteeth, jonathan greenberg, lafacadio hearn, lamia, lawrence welk, mo rocca, mobituaries, nagas, nebuchadnezzar, new jersey turnpike, odilon redon, pieter bruegel the elder, podcasts, president herbert hoover, president john quincy adams, queen of sheba, satan, satyrs, seven deadly sins, sleeping beauty, spelunking through hell, st. anthony the great, t. kingfisher, the temptation of saint anthony, thomas paine, thomas price, thornhedge |

The Lady’s in Hades

I’ve written a bit about Battle of Olympus before. My family rented it a few times in my childhood but could never get too far in it, maybe as far as the first Cyclops. In terms of gameplay, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged achilles, angel land, anubis, atari, battle of olympus, bears, broderbund, castlevania ii: simon's quest, cerberus, chocobos, clash of the titans, cyclopes, dragon quest vi, dragons, eurydice, hades, helen of troy, hydra, isis, kid icarus uprising, lamia, medusa, minotaur, monkeys, mount olympus, ocarina, orpheus, pegasus, persephone, ray harryhausen, riddle of the sphinx, satyrs, snakes, talos, underworld |

Babes in the Woods

I remember, back in high school, reading about Scandinavian tales of women living in the forest who looked beautiful and human from the front, but were hollow in the back. I think the book just called them elves, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, British, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Piers Anthony, Roman, Xanth | Tagged buschgrossmutter, druedain, dwarves, elves, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, fauns, folklore, hulders, huldras, jacob grimm, kaiti hylands, lord of the rings, ludmila zeman, moss people, mother holle, orcs, satyrs, shrub grandmother, skogsra, tails, thale, trees, trolls, wild hunt, woodwives, woodwoses |

Brownie Power

Mickey Mouse: The Ice Sword Saga, by Massimo De Vita – The ninth in the Disney Masters series highlights this Italian artist, in a tale where Mickey and Goofy are transported to an alternate world based on Norse mythology. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, seanan mcguire | Tagged a multitude of monsters, antimony price, bog womblers, brownies, centaurs, cryptozoology, disney masters, ebenezum, ghosts, giants, goofy, griffins, hel, hippogriffs, massimo de vita, mickey mouse, rocs, satyrs, that ain't witchcraft, the ebenezum trilogy, the great tournament of argaar, the ice sword saga, wuntvor, yeti |

I’ll Stop the World and Melmoth with You

While some books are easy for me to write about after finishing, there are others I finish and find mostly forgettable, and it seems that I’ve recently mostly been reading the latter. Still, I thought I’d address a few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Names, Percy Jackson, Poetry, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged apollo, celedons, charles robert maturin, e.r. eddison, elves, gothic horror, grover underwood, hephaestus, lord dunsany, melmoth the wanderer, mercury, oscar wilde, percy jackson and the singer of apollo, satan, satyrs, spanish inquisition, the king of elfland's daughter, the worm ouroboros |

Rhapthorne Session

I’ve tried several times, but still haven’t managed to beat Rhapthorne, the final boss in Dragon Quest VIII. At least I’m pretty sure this is the final battle (not counting post-game bonus content); I already beat him once in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Magic, Monsters, Religion, Video Games | Tagged angelo, baramos, cats, demons, dhoulmagus, dogs, don mole, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, empyrea, jessica albert, malroth, moles, morrie mozzarella, murdaw, prince charmles, rhapthorne, sabrecats, satyrs, sir leopold, zoma |

Little Booties Matter

The Burning Maze, by Rick Riordan – The latest in the Trials of Apollo series, which revisits characters from the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books, continues the plotline of the three resurrected Roman Emperors trying to take power. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Roman, Roman Empire, Trials of Apollo | Tagged apollo, caligula, coach gleeson hedge, grover underwood, helios, incitatus, jason grace, lucius aurelius commodus, medea, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pandai, piper mclean, satyrs, the burning maze |

Days of Wine and War

We all know Dionysus as the god associated with drinking and parties, but the story of his invasion of India isn’t quite as well known. Apparently, in order to secure a place in Olympus, the wine god was ordered by … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged alexander the great, deriades, dionysiaca, dionysus, hera, hercules, herodotus, hydaspes, india, maenads, nonnus, nysa, pillars of dionysus, satyrs, zeus |

Pan Theism

I’ve been planning for a little while to write a post on the association of Satan with goats, and the god Pan plays pretty heavily into this. Before I get to that, though, I think Pan deserves his own post, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged apollo, fauns, faunus, hermes, j.m. barrie, kenneth grahame, king midas, nymphs, pan, panes, peter pan, plutarch, satyrs, syrinx, the wind in the willows |