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The Navajo Know

The Chronicles of Banarnia, by Robert Rankin – The follow-up to The Lord of the Ring Roads continues the tale of fairies who had been driven underground by humans taking over Brentford. In this book, Jim Pooley and John Omally journey … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Humor, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, Prejudice, Rick Riordan, Robert Rankin | Tagged a disagreement with death, changing woman, craig shaw gardner, death, dragons, ebenezum, fairies, hero twins, j.c. cervantes, jim pooley, john omally, professor slocombe, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, squid, the ballad of wuntvor, the chronicles of banarnia, the lord of the ring roads, the storm runner, wuntvor |

A Whale of an Island

There are many tales of gigantic sea monsters, perhaps because what’s under the sea is pretty mysterious, and some of what people see really IS pretty monstrous. Northern Europe has many such legends, and this is where people really did encounter … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Inuit, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged aspidochelone, fish, giant squid, greenland, hafgufa, imap umassoursa, jasconius, kraken, lyngbakr, odd, ogmund, orvar-oddr, sea monsters, sinbad, squid, st. brendan, trolls, turtles, vignir, whales |

Mario vs. Mollusk

One of my fellow bloggers, Calvin of the Canadian Cave of Cool, has an interest in fighting against the Cephalopod Menace. He’d be glad to know that the most famous plumber in the video game world is contributing to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged bloopers, gooper blooper, king calamari, king kaliente, octoombas, octopuses, octorok, prince pikante, squid, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario galaxy 2, super mario land 2, super mario rpg, super princess peach, the lost levels |