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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 |

Rakevat’s Rules of Chaos

Pahua and the Dragon’s Secret, by Lori M. Lee – In the second book of this series, Pahua Moua, the reincarnation of the great Hmong warrior Shee Yee, wants to enroll in a school for shamans. In order to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Food, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hmong, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Technology, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged aliens, ankh-morpork, arthur rackham, bad prince charlie, bookshops and bonedust, coffee, dragons, dwarves, elves, eurovision, gnomes, goblins, homunculus, john moore, legends and lattes, lori m. lee, metagalactic grand prix, necromancers, nine goblins, octopath traveler, orcs, pahua and the dragon's secret, rattkins, rick riordan presents, skeletons, space oddity, space opera, succubus, t. kingfisher, tapenti, travis baldree, trolls, unicorns, ursula vernon, wizards |

She Sees Color

Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures, by Walter Moers – Rumo of Zamonia made a brief appearance in the first book in the Zamonia series, but this story does not intersect with that one, although it takes place in the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Ethnicity, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Language, Magic, Monsters, Names, Oz, Plays, Politics, Relationships, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged a feast for crows, a song of ice and fire, arya stark, cersei lannister, chromatacia, demons, george r.r. martin, lindworms, lura, red side story, robots, romeo and juliet, rumo and his miraculous adventures, rumo of zamonia, sansa stark, shades of grey: the road to high saffron, the 13 1/2 lives of captain bluebear, the monstrous misses mai, tommen baratheon, trolls, van hoang, walter moers, westeros, wolpertinger, zamonia |

Snarks and Grumkins

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, by Walter Moers, translated by John Brownjohn – I’d only just recently heard of this German author, but this book really grabbed me. It’s a funny and absurd fantasy, narrated by a bear who … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Celtic, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, England, Fairy Tales, German, History, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Religion, Scottish, Semitic | Tagged a game of thrones, a song of ice and fire, adam and eve, andrew lang, atlantes, atlantis, bible, brothers grimm, daenerys targaryen, dragonrouge, dragons, edmund spenser, faerie queene, fairies, felixmarte of hyrcania, george macdonald, george r.r. martin, jinn, john brownjohn, kesrick, korrigan, lin carter, mazikeen, oberon, orlando furioso, peris, portunes, seals, selkies, talmud, terra magica, the 13 1/2 lives of captain bluebear, the light princess, the mythology of fairies, the scalawagons of oz, the world guide to gnomes fairies elves and other little people, thomas keightley, trolls, unicorns, walter moers, westeros, zamonia |

Modern Women in a Mythical World

Atalanta, by Jennifer Saint – Atalanta is a Greek heroine to whom I don’t think I’ve devoted a post, although I did mention her in relation to the Calydonian Boar Hunt. As with a lot of mythical characters, the stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Semitic, Ultima, Video Games, Xanth | Tagged achilles, adam and eve, aidan moher, angels, argonauts, asherah, atalanta, atalante, bible, briseis, calydonian boar, carl h. grabo, dragons, dungeons and dragons, elijah, fairies, fight magic items, giants, hippomenes, jennifer saint, jest right, jezebel, lilith, madeline miller, mary magdalene, meleager, nikki marmery, noah, old man of the sea, peacocks, peter and the princess, reilly & lee, rocs, samael, square enix, st. brendan the navigator, the song of achilles, time travel, trolls, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, ultima thule, wizardry, yoshinori kitase |

The St. Lucy Show

We watched a Morbid Anatomy lecture by Eric Huang from Saint Podcast about St. Nicholas, and how he developed into the modern Santa Claus, something I’ve written about before. I knew that it isn’t agreed upon that Nicholas was even … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Christmas, Chronicles of Narnia, Food, History, Holidays, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged a visit from st nicholas, arthur j. stansbury, befana, cats, clement moore, council of nicaea, donkeys, emperor diocletian, epiphany, eric huang, father christmas, freyja, julian calendar, king herod the great, lucy pevensie, lussekatter, lussi, morbid anatomy, nisser, paschasius, perchta, podcasts, reindeer, saint podcast, santa claus, st. lucy of syracuse, st. lucy's day, st. nicholas, star boys, the children's friend, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, trolls, winter solstice, witches |

Me, I Want a Hula Hoop

A Chipmunk Christmas – From 1981, this was part of an effort by Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of the late creator of the Chipmunks, to revive the property, a few years before the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon series that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Families, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Names, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Plays, Relationships, Religion, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a chipmunk christmas, a wish for wings that work, alvin and the chipmunks, babes in toyland, berkeley breathed, bill the cat, bloom county, care bears, care bears nutcracker suite, clyde crashcup, dave seville, davey and goliath, drew barrymore, dustin hoffman, fred r. hamlin, georgie porgie, jack be nimble, jesus, julian mitchell, keanu reeves, kevin geeks out, leslie bricusse, lost horizon, mary mary quite contrary, moral orel, mrs. claus, nutcracker suite, old mother hubbard, opus the penguin, outland, pat morita, peter piper, piotyr ilyich tchaikovsky, robin williams, ross bagdasarian, ross bagdasarian jr., santa claus, silas barnaby, silent night deadly night, silent night deadly night part 2, sugar plum fairy, the alvin show, the best christmas ever, the karate kid, the wizard of oz (1902), the wizard of oz (1939), trolls |

Mary-ly We Troll Along

Popular Tales from the Norse, compiled by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent – It includes the tale of the grinder that can produce anything. Many of them have a character called Askelad … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Authors, Christianity, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion | Tagged arabian nights, beneath the moon, bible, big peter and little peter, bulls, cinderella, east of the sun and west of the moon, goats, jesus, jorgen engebretsen moe, kate crackernuts, katie woodencloak, megingjord, north wind, ogres, peter christen asbjornsen, popular tales from the norse, revelation, rocs, satan, sinbad the sailor, sir george webbe dasent, soria moria castle, tatterhood, the blue belt, the cock and hen a-nutting, the lad who went to the north wind, the lassie and her godmother, the master-smith, the three princesses of whiteland, thor, trolls, virgin mary, yoshi yoshitani |

Shine On, Golden Warrior

The Eyes of the Overworld, by Jack Vance – The first book in the Dying Earth series was a collection of short stories that take place on the same world but aren’t really related. While this one also started out … Continue reading →

Posted in Altaic, Book Reviews, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Video Games | Tagged aspara, batu and the search for the golden cup, c.t. rwizi, cagmar, charlie holmberg, cugel the clever, dombyra, erbs, grues, house of gold, jack vance, jeztyrnaq, simurgh, the dying earth, the eyes of the overworld, the hanging city, time travel, trolls, zork |

Babes in the Woods

I remember, back in high school, reading about Scandinavian tales of women living in the forest who looked beautiful and human from the front, but were hollow in the back. I think the book just called them elves, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, British, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Piers Anthony, Roman, Xanth | Tagged buschgrossmutter, druedain, dwarves, elves, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, fauns, folklore, hulders, huldras, jacob grimm, kaiti hylands, lord of the rings, ludmila zeman, moss people, mother holle, orcs, satyrs, shrub grandmother, skogsra, tails, thale, trees, trolls, wild hunt, woodwives, woodwoses |