semiramis – VoVatia (original) (raw)

The Fish-Woman Who Got Away

I had enjoyed watching the Coney Island Mermaid Parade last year, and had been considering going again, but didn’t think to look up when it was. As it turns out, it was last weekend, and I missed it. Oh, well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Roman, Semitic | Tagged aphrodite, ashkelon, atargatis, cupid, dagon, derketo, doves, fish, hadad, hyginus, mermaids, ovid, pisces, semiramis, typhon, venus |

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 |