the conference of the birds – VoVatia (original) (raw)

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 |

Pulp Life

When looking for information on fiction involving underground worlds, I came across references to Richard Sharpe Shaver (hopefully nobody called him “Dick”), author and likely paranoid schizophrenic who wrote science fiction adjacent stories about ancient superhumans who lived underground. Ray … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse | Tagged aesir, aliens, amazing stories, c.l. moore, deros, henry kuttner, i remember lemuria, jirel of joiry, lemuria, miss peregrine's home for peculiar children, northwest smith, quest of the starstone, ransom riggs, ray palmer, richard sharpe shaver, robots, satan, shaver mystery, the conference of the birds |

Big Birds

I don’t think I’ve ever written a post about the Simurgh, the giant bird from Persian mythology that I actually first came across in the Xanth series. Pretty much always identified as female, this peacock-like bird is often shown as … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Judaism, Monsters, Mythology, Persian, Piers Anthony, Religion, Semitic, Video Games, Xanth | Tagged anzu, arabian nights, birds, chamrosh, demons, enlil, farid ud-din attar, garuda, griffins, inanna, kamak, kerasp, leviathan, lugalbanda, marduk, ninurta, roc, rostam, rudaba, saam, simurgh, talmud, the conference of the birds, tree of life, zal, ziz, zu, zuh |