Category Archives: United Kingdom

Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Nathan

Beth has mentioned to me that she really likes the Coventry Carol, which I can’t say I was particularly familiar with. It’s a very bleak sort of song, which makes sense considering what it’s about. But we both know it … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Donkey Kong, History, Holidays, Mario, Middle East, Music, Mythology, Plays, Religion, Roman Empire, Tori Amos, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged benjamin, bethlehem, bible, coventry carol, epiphany, genesis, gospel of matthew, gospels, greensleeves, jeremiah, jesus, john henry hopkins jr., joseph campbell, king herod the great, massacre of the innocents, moses, nativity, rachel, thomas paine, three wise men, we three kings, what child is this?, william chatterton dix, world war ii | Leave a comment

Cole Mining

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Nathan

While we know that Old King Cole was a merry old soul with a love for music, whether he actually existed is a matter of some debate. There are records of a few different British rulers named Coel, dating back … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, Comics, England, History, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Robert Rankin, United Kingdom | Tagged bill willingham, coel hen, constantine, fables, geoffrey of monmouth, king arthur, merlin, mother goose in prose, old king cole, the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse, the toyminator | 1 Comment

It’s a Round, Round Table

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Nathan

We all know about the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur’s fierce warriors, initiators of chivalry, hunters of the Holy Grail, and able to take out Sephiroth with no trouble at all. But did the Knights really exist? I … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Christianity, Final Fantasy, History, Mythology, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged annales cambriae, camelot, chivalry, chretien de troyes, elaine of escalot, excalibur, final fantasy vii, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, green knight, holy grail, judas iscariot, king arthur, king ban of benoic, king bors, king constantine of britain, king leodegrance of cameliard, king lot of orkney, king pellinore, king uther pendragon, knights of the round table, lady of the lake, last supper, merlin, monsters, monty python and the holy grail, morgan le fay, questing beast, robert de boron, sephiroth, siege perilous, sir agravain, sir bedivere, sir bors, sir ector, sir gaheris, sir galahad, sir gareth, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir gromer, sir grummore grummersum, sir kay, sir lancelot du lac, sir mordred, sir perceval, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle, wace | 6 Comments

Merlin Makes It Magic

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Nathan

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s long been fascinated by the character of Merlin, the wizard who’s appeared in various media as everything from a vat-dyed villain to a kindly old man. I’d have to say my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in British, History, Mythology, United Kingdom | Tagged ambrosius aurelianus, demons, geoffrey of monmouth, gorlois of cornwall, igraine, julius caesar, king arthur, king uther pendragon, king vortigern, merlin, merlinus, merlyn, myrddin wyllt, nimue, stonehenge, t.h. white, the once and future king, the sword in the stone | 21 Comments

Angling Toward Anglicanism

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Nathan

We’ve been looking in previous weeks about how Protestantism took hold in various European nations, but I think England might be the only case where it was instituted by a king, and for personal reasons at that. The monarch in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Catholicism, Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Protestant Reformation, Religion, United Kingdom | Tagged anne boelyn, anne of cleves, archbishop of canterbury, arthur tudor, catherine howard, catherine of aragon, catherine parr, edward vi of england, elizabeth i of england, ferdinand ii of aragon, greensleeves, henry viii of england, house of tudor, isabella of castile, jane seymour, queen mary tudor, thomas cranmer | 5 Comments

Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knox

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Nathan

In the past few weeks, I’ve looked at some of the major Protestant reformers on the European continent, but the British Isles remain to be addressed. The story of how King Henry VIII split with the Catholic Church for personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Presbyterianism, Protestant Reformation, Religion, United Kingdom | Tagged elizabeth i of england, george wishart, james vi of scotland, john knox, king edward vi of england, mary of guise, mary queen of scots, queen mary tudor, the first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regimen of women | Leave a comment

Talk Like a King, My Son

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Nathan

The King’s Speech – I hadn’t originally intended to watch this movie, but my mom had received tickets from her work for agreeing to work on Christmas, so we went to see it today. I didn’t really know anything about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, United Kingdom, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged helena bonham carter, king george vi, queen elizabeth, the king's speech | 5 Comments

Category Archives: United Kingdom

Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child

Cole Mining

It’s a Round, Round Table

Merlin Makes It Magic

Angling Toward Anglicanism

Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knox

Talk Like a King, My Son

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