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The New Normal

With the second inauguration of Donald Trump looming, because apparently Americans didn’t get enough of his hateful and exhausting behavior the first time, things definitely look bleak. And it’s worse because it seems like a lot of what I hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Capitalism, Christianity, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Fundamentalism, Language, Magic, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged antichrist, bible, coca-cola, donald trump, elon musk, eugenics, evil, facebook, homophobia, isaiah, jeff bezos, jesus, mark zuckerberg, president george w. bush, racism, talia lavin, transphobia, twitter, wild faith |

Smiting and Smoting

The Great Book of Amber, by Roger Zelazny – I had wanted to read Nine Princes in Amber after seeing it on a list, and since the library had this complete volume of ten novels, I went ahead and read … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Families, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged amber series, bible, cyrus the great, demons, donald trump, fairies, god knows, homophobia, joseph heller, king david, king saul, king solomon, michal, nine princes in amber, ogres, religious right, robert jordan, roger zelazny, satanic panic, sphinx, talia lavin, the dragon reborn, the great book of amber, the wheel of time, transphobia, trolls, wild faith |

Dazhbog Through the Snow

I didn’t really have the chance to write about any holiday-related mythology this month. I did notice that Talia Lavin wrote about some winter traditions in a post ostensibly about a sandwich. It’s interesting to note that for the Yakuts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christmas, Holidays, Mythology, Names, Russian, Slavic | Tagged bulls, chyskhaan, dazbog, ded moroz, effigy, frost bull, jyl oghuha, khors, morana, perun, santa claus, seasons, sun, svarog, talia lavin, veles, winter, zorya, zorya utrennyaya, zorya vechernyaya |

A Self Called Erewhon

Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited, by Samuel Butler – The son of an Anglican priest, Butler spent some years as a sheep farmer in New Zealand, and both of those things influenced this work. “Erewhon” is almost “nowhere” spelled backwards, making … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Anglicanism, Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christianity, Current Events, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Rick Riordan, Technology | Tagged antisemitism, culture warlords, dragons, erewhon, erewhon revisited, jade emperor, journey to the west, katie zhao, kwame mbalia, propaganda, racism, rick riordan presents, samuel butler, satire, sun wukong, talia lavin, the dragon warrior, tristan strong, tristan strong keeps punching, white supremacy |