Tag Archives: herakles

The Crow and the Cup

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Nathan

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 | 2 Comments

Myth-tery Date

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Nathan

I seem to recall reading somewhere (and maybe I’m misremembering a bit) that Jewish mythology differs from that of other nations from the same time period because it incorporated actual history. I’m not sure I’d say this is entirely accurate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Mythology, Religion | Tagged bible, chronology, deucalion, flood, genesis, helen of troy, herakles, priam, ramesses ii of egypt, st. jerome, the ten commandments, theseus, trojan war | Leave a comment

Penalty: Go to Troy

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Nathan

The Trojan War was a significant event in Greek mythology and history, basically separating the mythical age from the historical one. While the time prior to the war was full of tales about demigods fighting monsters and founding kingdoms, things … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Mythology | Tagged aeneas, dardanus, heinrich schliemann, helen of troy, herakles, ilus, laomedon, menelaus, paris, priam, trojan horse, trojan war, tros, troy | 2 Comments

Promoting Proteus

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Nathan

It’s Saturday, and that means mythology here at VoVatia. Today’s subject is Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, who famously showed up in the Odyssey. This son of Poseidon is a shepherd, a prophet, and a shape-shifter. He is … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged apollo, aristaeus, herakles, hercules, menealus, nereus, odyssey, old man of the sea, pharos, polygonus, poseidon, proteus, telegonus, trojan war | 2 Comments

Bored in Hyperborea

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Nathan

In Greek mythology, it was said that the land of Hyperborea lay far to the north of the lands the myth-makers knew. The name means “beyond the north wind,” and it was regarded as being to the north of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Christmas, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Mythology, Science | Tagged apollo, arctic circle, arimaspoi, artemis, at the back of the north wind, atlas, boreades, boreas, bugs bunny, carpathian mountains, conan the barbarian, constellations, cygnus, danube river, delos, draco, eridanos, eridanus, george macdonald, giants, griffins, heliades, herakles, hercules, herodotus, hesperides, hyperborea, kyknos, ladon, leto, north pole, north wind, odin, olympic games, phaethon, pliny the elder, po river, rhipaion mountains, santa claus, star of eridu, wolves, zeus | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: herakles

The Crow and the Cup

Myth-tery Date

Penalty: Go to Troy

Promoting Proteus

Bored in Hyperborea

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