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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 |

Shirley Is in Her Holy Temple

I don’t know how seriously Shirley Temple was considered for the role of Dorothy in the 1939 Wizard of Oz, but I do seem to recall reading that she was actually familiar with the Oz books. Many years later, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Fairy Tales, Oz, Television | Tagged agnes moorhead, arthur treacher, jack pumpkinhead, jonathan winters, mel blanc, mombi, ozma, sawhorse, scarecrow, shirley temple, shirley temple's storybook, sterling holloway, the marvelous land of oz, the reluctant dragon, tin woodman |

Dragon Nance

The Reluctant Dragon – I’ve seen this 1941 picture referred to as the first Disney film to mix live action and animation, but the two formats don’t really interact with each other that much. It starts with Robert Benchley’s wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged baby weems, casey junior, dragons, goofy, how to ride a horse, kenneth grahame, robert benchley, the reluctant dragon, walt disney |

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 |