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Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Real Horses of Oz
L. Frank Baum tells us in a few different books that there are no horses in Oz, aside from the magically animated wooden Sawhorse. This seems to be an idea that he developed over time, however. In The Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Oz
Tagged anuther planet, bitty bit, chalk, chris dulabone, corumbia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eloise jarvis mcgraw, emerald city, fred, greg gick, gules, halidom, high boy, horses, jim the cab-horse, joe king, john r. neill, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, lenith law, mary rakestraw, merry go round in oz, mules, planetty, red jinn, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, skampavia, speedy, stampedro, the deadly desert around oz, the giant horse of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thun, view-halloo, voral staff, white city, world's columbian exposition, zeb hugson
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State of Confucianism
Today, we take a trip back to the Warring States period of Chinese history, and to a a guy called Confucius, legendary sage and subject of a lot of broken English jokes. The traditional dates given for his lifetime are … Continue reading
Posted in China, Confucianism, Historical Personages, History, Religion
Tagged analects, ancestor worship, confucius, han dynasty, jesuits, jesus, philosopher-kings, plato, ritual
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The Blood of Kings
If the monarchical system is obsessed with one thing, it’s bloodlines. And if it’s obsessed with two things, the other one is authority from God. So it’s no surprise that a few different royal families traced their lineage to King … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Judaism, Monarchy, Religion
Tagged armenia, bagrationi dynasty, british israelism, british royal family, david, duncan, georgia, heremon of munster, imperial house of ethiopia, james i of great britain, macbeth, menelik, queen of sheba, solomon, stone of scone, tea tephi, zedekiah
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Restoring Horror
I thought Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally yesterday would be good for either a few laughs or some righteous anger, but from what I’ve seen of it, it’s mostly just boring. To even call it a rally is pitching it … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Current Events, History, Mormonism, Politics, Religion
Tagged abraham lincoln, constitution, founding fathers, glenn beck, jesus, martin luther king, moses, restoring honor
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Horsing Around
You might well know that Link’s horse in the Zelda games is named Epona, but do you know where the name comes from? Well, maybe you do, but I didn’t at first. Epona is actually a goddess of horses, and … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Mythology, Roman
Tagged epona, gaul, horses, roman empire, roman imperial cult
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Kings’ Things
David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible’s Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition, by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman – This book combines archaeology and historical study to try to separate fact from fiction in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Judaism, Religion
Tagged david, David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition, goliath, hezekiah, israel, Israel Finkelstein, josiah, judah, Neil Asher Silberman, solomon
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The Ghostly Romance of Errol and Olivia
An interesting thing about Dragon Quest III (originally released as Dragon Warrior III here in the States, and that’s how I played it) is that its world is modeled on our own Earth. Yes, there are some significant differences, but … Continue reading
Posted in Dragon Quest, Music, Mythology, Video Games
Tagged aliahan, atlantis, cleopatra, dragon quest iii, dragon warrior iii, eric, errol, greenlad, himiko, locket of love, lorelei, mu, necrogond, olivia, promontory of olivia, shrines, yamata no orochi
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The Lay of Lurline
Although she never appears on stage in the canonical Oz books and does so only sparingly in apocryphal ones, the Fairy Queen Lurline is an important part of the universe in that The Tin Woodman of Oz identifies her as … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Oz
Tagged a fairy queen of oz, burzee, cap'n bill, clemens brentano, echo, fairies, heinrich heine, jack snow, l. frank baum, lorelei, lulea, lurline, march laumer, mermaids, nelebel's fairyland, nymphs, queen zixi of ix, rhine river, sirens, the enchanted island of yew, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magical mimics in oz, the sea fairies, trot, william vincent wallace, zurline
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What Is Up Satan’s Ass?
We all know Martin Luther as the guy who nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg, and the founder of Protestantism. He is known as a thorough Biblical scholar and writer of hymns, and encouraged … Continue reading
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
