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Jumping Through Hoopoes

Here’s the book review post I mentioned before, which is partially about Greek mythology, and includes a lot of tangents. I always wonder whether people like those, or just want me to stick to the media I’m discussing. The Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged antillia, aristophanes, bible, birds, clash of the titans, cloudcuckooland, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, farid ud-din attar, g. willow wilson, hercules, hercules the legendary journeys, hoopoes, iris, jinn, joseph, kamala khan, kevin sorbo, king solomon, koh-e-qaf, lamia, liz gloyn, marvel comics, medusa, ms. marvel, nephelokokkygia, nimrod, poseidon, prometheus, puns, quran, ray harryhausen, sheikh sam'an, simurgh, sufism, sultan mahmoud, tereus, the bird king, the birds, the conference of the birds, tracking classical monsters in popular culture, triballus, xena warrior princess |

Absolutely Cuckoo

I think the first time I came across the word “Cloudcuckooland” might have been in The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, but I’ve come across the term occasionally since then. Apparently it’s actually used as the name of a place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Cartoons, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Food, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Television | Tagged acme acres, alice's adventures in wonderland, aristophanes, arthur schopenhauer, big rock candy mountain, borat, burl ives, cloudcuckooland, cockaigne, cuckoo, david hulan, dodo, harry mcclintock, looney tunes, mo, nephelokokkygia, pepperland, perfect strangers, peter bruegel, porky in wackyland, porky pig, that 70s show, the birds, the dictionary of imaginary places, the glass cat of oz, tiny toon adventures, toontown, wackyland, who framed roger rabbit, wolkenkuckucksheim, yellow submarine |