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Tell Me About the Dragons, George

I had a few other things I wanted to write about, but since I found out Saturday was St. George’s Day, I thought he might be worth looking into. As someone who didn’t attend a church where saints were really … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Authors, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Crusades, Diana Wynne Jones, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, Stan Freberg, Tom Holt | Tagged dragons, edith nesbit, emperor diocletian, gordon r. dickson, hercules, kenneth grahame, king edward iii of england, medusa, order of the garter, ovid, paint your dragon, perseus, prince marvel, smaug, st. dragon and the george, st. george, st. george's day, st. patrick, st. theodore tiron, the deliverers of their country, the enchanted island of yew, the hobbit, the reluctant dragon, unicorns, witch week |

Literary History Drags On

I shared this article on the history of dragons in Western literature on Facebook, and there was a comment about how Oz wasn’t represented in it. It does, however, quote Ruth Berman, a long-time Oz fan; and I think she’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a story about dragons, dismocolese, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragonettes, dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, evangeline, grampa in oz, grand gheewizard, isa poso, jabberwock, kenneth grahame, king terribus of spor, pumperdink, purple dragon, queen erma, quiberon, quox, ruth berman, sir hokus of pokes, somewhere, st. george, the book of dragons, the dragon of pumperdink, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the reluctant dragon, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, through the looking-glass, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz |

Attack of the Killer Sprout

I’ve finished a few books recently, and I think some of them deserve their own posts. Here are a few about which I don’t have quite as much to say, which shouldn’t be taken as an indication that I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Robert Rankin, Tom Holt | Tagged apocalypso, demons, dragons, hamlet, my hero, paint your dragon, st. george |

Sorta Fairytales

Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, by Catherine Orenstein – An in-depth analysis of a fairly simple fairy tale, focusing largely on how it changed over time. Some analysts have placed a … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Uncategorized | Tagged big bad wolf, bill willingham, brothers grimm, catherine orenstein, charles perrault, cryptozoology, dragons, fables, farewell, kenneth grahame, little red riding hood, little red riding hood uncloaked, mark buckingham, monster, rose red, snow white, st. george, the reluctant dragon |

The Dark Knight Changes Class

I actually didn’t play Final Fantasy IV (or Final Fantasy II as we Americans called it back then) until after FF6 (then FF3), and comparatively it was somewhat primitive as far as story and characterization went. Still, it was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged airships, cecil harvey, cecilia, ceodore harvey, dante alighieri, dark knight, demons, devils, divine comedy, dragons, dragoons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv: the after years, fusoya, golbez, golubaeser flies, inferno, j. charles wall, kain highwind, kingdom of baron, kluya, lunarians, mysidia, paladin, rosa joanna farrell, secret of evermore, st. george, white mages, zemus |

Dragon Tales

The Book of Dragons, by Edith Nesbit – What creature represents fantasy in general better than the dragon? While the general portrayal of dragons makes them nasty, ravenous thieves, it’s certainly not unheard of for them to be noble and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Fairy Tales | Tagged aurora borealis, cats, cockatrice, draco, dragons, edith nesbit, fantasy, griffins, kind little edmund, manticore, north pole, st. george, the book of beasts, the book of dragons, the deliverers of their country, the dragon tamers, the fiery dragon, the ice dragon, the island of the nine whirlpools, uncle james |