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Winners and Choosers

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, British, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Christianity, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Semitic, Star Wars, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged anakin skywalker, andrew heller, aragorn, armor, bender's big score, brain spawn, carrot ironfoundersson, chosen ones, chosen people, dark king, darth plagueis, darth vader, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, emperor palpatine, epic of gilgamesh, erdrick, fate, final fantasy mystic quest, flood, gilgamesh, glinda, gondor, hammurabi, how the wizard came to oz, hyrule, jedi, jesus, king arthur, king david, kylo ren, link, lord of the rings, middle-earth, nibblonians, oedipus, oz: the great and powerful, philip j. fry, professor hubert farnsworth, prophecy, return of the jedi, sith, swords, time travel, utnapishtim, voldemort, weapons, witches, wizard of oz |

Close Encounters of the Fundamentalist Kind

You may have heard about Ark Encounter, the replica of Noah’s Ark that was built in Kentucky. This was the brainchild of Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis and an Australian creationist, like Ray Comfort. So they believe the … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Current Events, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Religion, Science, Semitic | Tagged answers in genesis, ark encounter, bible, bill nye, creationism, deucalion, dinosaurs, ea, epic of gilgamesh, flood, frank lewis marsh, genesis, herodotus, ken ham, kinds, mike zovath, noah, noah's ark, prometheus, utnapishtim, zeus |

The Crow and the Cup

Since I mentioned the constellation Corvus in a recent post, I might as well say a little more about the mythology surrounding this constellation. If you recall, Corvus is also the main villain of Dragon Quest IX, as the Celestrians … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Babylonian, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged apollo, coronis, corvus, crater, crows, eratosthenes of cyrene, herakles, hercules, hydra, noah, ravens, utnapishtim |

This Immortal Coil

It seems that, as long as humans have been aware of death, they’ve entertained the possibility of staving it off and living forever. It’s highly unlikely that this could ever be achieved, since everything has to wear out eventually. Actually, … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Greek Mythology, Islam, Mythology, Religion | Tagged afterlife, ahasuerus, bible, ea, eos, epic of gilgamesh, flood, genesis, gilgamesh, gospel of matthew, gulliver's travels, heaven, hell, immortality, jesus, jonathan swift, king laomedon of troy, luggnagg, muhammad al-mahdi, noah, nymphs, pontius pilate, sanhedrin, second coming, struldbruggs, strymo, titans, tithonus, twelfth imam, utnapishtim, wandering jew, zeus |