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Madam Lucifer, You Never Looked So Sane

Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-Leaves, by James Branch Cabell – The books in this series that I’ve read so far are pretty formulaic, usually about a somewhat sleazy guy who philosophizes a lot without doing much of anything, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, British, Catholicism, Chess, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Games, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, Korean, Magic, Mythology, Playing Cards, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Wayward Children | Tagged ahasuerus, alexander the ratcatcher, biography of the life of manuel, demons, dinosaurs, dom manuel, fox snare, foxes, james branch cabell, kalki, king solomon, lucifer, madam lucifer, merlin, michael scot, mislaid in parts half-known, odysseus, peter of abano, poictesme, pope alexander vi, pope alexander viii, prometheus, richard garnett, rodrigo borgia, saints, salamanders, satan, something about eve, the bell of saint euschemon, the claw, the demon pope, the poison maid, the rewards of industry, the talisman, the twilight of the gods, thousand worlds, tigers, vampires, vishnu, yoon ha lee |

Uh-Oh, There’s That Bear Again

One subject I’d been meaning to address for a while but had forgotten about was Jambavan, the King of the Bears in Hindu mythology, who made a significant appearance in Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality. At least, he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Chinese, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Language, Mythology, Names, Religion | Tagged arcturus, aru shah, aru shah and the nectar of immortality, baloo, bears, bootes, brahma, constellations, hanuman, jambavan, jambavati, krishna, mahabharata, monkeys, prasena, rama, ramayana, ravana, rikshas, roshani chokshi, rudyard kipling, sloth bears, sun wukong, taboo, the jungle book, ursa major, ursa minor, vishnu |

There’s an Apkallu for That

Beth and I went to the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island on Saturday, and watched The Shape of Water last night, so it’s been a good weekend for fish-people. The rest of this paragraph will have some SPOILERS for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Babylonian, Cold War, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, Hinduism, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Popeye, Relationships, Religion, Space Program, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, Zelda | Tagged a link between worlds, apkallu, berossus, birds, captain james hook, cats, coney island, coney island mermaid parade, costumes, creature from the black lagoon, crocodiles, enki, epic of gilgamesh, fish, flood, guillermo del toro, lobsters, marduk, matsya, mermaids, mister ed, oannes, ocarina of time, octopuses, plato, princess ruto, queen oren, racism, sages, saptarishi, seven sages, sexism, sexuality, starfish, the shape of water, uanna, vishnu, zoras |

Rakkhosh and Ruin

One type of being that’s quite significant in Sayantani DasGupta’s The Serpent’s Secret is the Rakkhosh, a sort of human-eating monster that usually speaks in rhyme. The book also associates them with black holes, presumably an invention of DasGupta’s, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Games, Hinduism, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Video Games | Tagged asuras, bhima, brahma, demons, devas, dungeons and dragons, ghosts, ghouls, giants, jack and the beanstalk, kamsa, khokkosh, krishna, ogres, putana, rakkhosh, rakshasa, rakshasi, sayantani dasgupta, the serpent's secret, vampires, vishnu |

There Goes the Sun

I thought I might do something with mythology related to eclipses this week, and this page gives an overview of some such explanations. It was apparently pretty common to assume the Sun was being eaten when it disappeared during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Final Fantasy, Hinduism, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Pac-Man, Religion, Video Games | Tagged amrita, asuras, brahma, chandra, demons, devas, eclipse, final fantasy vi, inferno, ketu, lunar eclipse, lunar nodes, mimir, mohini, moon, neptune, rahu, shiva, shukra, solar eclipse, sun, surya, uranus, vishnu |

Real Food

I recently received a comment on my post on the Roman goddess Anna Perenna asking whether I knew of any connection between her and the Hindu Annapurna. I have to say I don’t know of any, but the names are … Continue reading →

Posted in Dice, Etymology, Food, Games, Hinduism, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Religion, Roman | Tagged anna perenna, annapurna, materialism, parvati, shiva, vishnu |

Indra Goes Out

I don’t think I’ve yet devoted a post to Indra, the Hindu storm god and warrior. He was the leader of the gods and a great hero in the Rigvedas, but once the worship of the Trimurti came to dominate … Continue reading →

Posted in Hinduism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged agni, ahalya, airavata, arjuna, brahma, demons, devas, dragons, elephants, gautama, indra, krishna, mahabharata, prthivi, ramayana, ravana, rigvedas, shiva, svargaloka, trimurti, uchchihshravas, vishnu, vritra |

This Buddha Was Made for Enlightenin’

It’s pretty well known that the founder of the Buddhist faith was a guy named Siddhartha Gautama, but how much do we really know about him? Well, not too much for sure. As with many figures known mostly for religious … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Historical Personages, History, India, Religion | Tagged bodhi tree, budai, buddha, communism, dalai lama, demons, eightfold path, fat buddha, four noble truths, hotei, karl marx, mahamaya, mahaprajapati, revelation, satan, shakya, shuddodana gautama, siddhartha gautama, soviet union, vishnu, yasodhara, zen |

Krishna’s Corner

Before the Smurfs, the Blue Man Group, or the cat-people from Avatar, there was Krishna. Discussion of this deity is a little difficult due to the fact that different varieties of Hinduism see him in different ways. His original portrayal … Continue reading →

Posted in Hinduism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged arjuna, avatars, bhagavad gita, bhakti yoga, devaki, hare krishna, international society for krishna consciousness, jesus, kali yuga, kamsa, kauravas, krishna, krishnaism, mathura, nanda, pandavas, vishnu, yashoda |

Requiem for Ravana

Since I attended a horror convention yesterday, I figured I might as well look at a villain for my weekly mythology post. One who came to mind pretty quickly was Ravana, the bad guy in the Ramayana. In the epic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hinduism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged brahma, lakshmana, rama, ramayana, ravana, sita, sri lanka, surpanakha, vishnu |