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Posted on April 2, 2023 by Nathan

Elektra, by Jennifer Saint – This is the author’s second book based on Greek mythology, after Ariadne. I liked that one better, but maybe that’s my preference for the more fantastic myths. Not that Elektra’s story isn’t insane as all get-out, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mayan, Mythology, Names, Native American, Plays, Poetry, Prejudice, Relationships, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Technology | Tagged agamemnon, ah-puch, aladdin, antimony price, arabian nights, ariadne, arthur harrington, cassandra, chalchiuhtlicue, clytemnestra, demons, elektra, follow the lady, genie, imaginary numbers, instar, j.c. cervantes, jaguar warriors, jennifer saint, jinn, johrlac, meru, mount meru, noel langley, omar khayyam, pantomime, rick riordan presents, s.b. divya, sarah zellaby, shadow bruja, tezcatlipoca, the land of green ginger, the lords of night, the wizard of oz (1939), trojan war, widow twankey | Leave a comment

All Yooped Up

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nathan

The 2002 Oziana brings back some of the same authors as the last issue, but with less original art. Melissa Bay Mathis supplied the cover art, a picture of the Patchwork Girl riding Pigasus, which is relevant to one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Food, Fred Otto, Games, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, armadillos, button-bright, cap'n bill, cat and mouse in oz, cats, catty corners, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, emerald city, giants, glinda, hawks, hungry tiger, j. l. bell, joe bongiorno, lin carter, magic picture, margaret koontz, margie deemer, melissa bay mathis, mermaids, merryland, mice, milk, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, opodock, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sees herself, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, pigasus, pingaree, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, rabbits, sawhorse, scarecrow, sky island, the lost emeralds of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius in oz, tititi-hoochoo, truth pond, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, woot meets yoop, woot the wanderer, zim greenleaf | Leave a comment

Quran So Far Away

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve now read through the Quran, mostly using this translation. I know it’s really only considered authentic in Arabic, but I can’t read that language. Discussing Islam can be kind of awkward, especially because the amount of Islamophobia in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged abraham, adam and eve, angels, antisemitism, bible, demons, elephants, ezra, heaven, hell, homosexuality, iblis, islamophobia, jesus, jihad, jinn, jorge luis borges, joseph, king solomon, mecca, muhammad, paradise, quran, sabbath, satan, satanic verses, the book of imaginary beings, virgin mary, war | Leave a comment

Idris Lives

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Nathan

It’s a common theme in many mythologies to have a figure who is regarded as the inventor of writing, and often also a keeper of esoteric knowledge. Greek mythology had Hermes, the Egyptians had Thoth, Babylon had Nabu, and Judaism … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Arabian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Mathematics, Mythology, Names, Norse, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Technology | Tagged alexander romances, alexander the great, andreas, angels, azrael, babylon, bible, death, enoch, genesis, heaven, heimdall, hell, hermes, hermes trismegistus, idris, idris elba, immortality, Marvel Cinematic Universe, muhammad, nabu, noah, prophets, pyramids, quran, rigspala, seth, thoth, writing | Leave a comment

Give Me Pasta Power as Fast as You Can

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Nathan

Okay, nobody at all expressed interest in my reviewing individual Super Mario Bros. Super Show episodes, but I felt like doing it anyway, so here are thoughts on the first four. Each one has both a cartoon and a live-action … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Arthurian Legend, British, Cartoons, Humor, Magic, Mario, Music, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged aladdin, arabian nights, beezos, birdo, bob-ombs, butch mario and the luigi kid, captain lou albano, cheep cheeps, cobrats, danica mckellar, danny wells, excalibur, fire flower, flurries, genie, jinn, king arthur, king bowser koopa, king mario of cramalot, koopa troopas, luigi mario, lyle alzado, marianne and luigeena, mario's magic carpet, merlin, merlon, mervin, mouser, neatness counts, nicole eggert, ostros, pidgits, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, sergeant slaughter, snifits, sultan pasbah, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the bird! the bird!, toad, trouters | 5 Comments

You Should Have Put a Ring on It

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Nathan

The Wizard of Oz has been said to be the ultimate chick flick, as it’s about two women fighting over shoes. But then, J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium is one where a lot of world conflicts arise from jewelry, so maybe that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Semitic, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aesir, aladdin, alberich, andvari, arabian nights, brothers grimm, candaules of lydia, demons, draupnir, dwarves, elves, fafnir, glaucon, gollum, gyges of lydia, hades, invisibility, isildur, jewelry, jinn, king solomon, link, lord of the rings, magic rings, middle-earth, one ring, plato, republic, richard wagner, ring cycle, ring of solomon, rings, rings of power, sauron, silmarils, socrates, tarnhelm, testament of solomon, the hobbit, the king of the golden mountain, the legend of zelda, the silmarillion, wishing rings | 1 Comment

Dragon Divinity

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Nathan

I can think of a few different video games with dragon gods, or at least dragons with celestial powers. I suppose that fits in with the East Asian conception of dragons, where they tend to be heavenly beings rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Babylonian, Breath of Fire, Cartoons, Chinese, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Japanese, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Shinto, Video Games | Tagged agni, akira toriyama, amaterasu, bahamut, breath of fire ii, breath of fire iii, chrono cross, chronopolis, czar dragon, demons, diabolos, dinopolis, divinegon, dragon ball, dragon god, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragonians, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fate, final fantasy vi, frozen flame, harle, hoderi, hoori, incest, infinity dragon, izanagi, izanami, kaiser dragon, ladon, lavos, magicite, otohime, pyrospheres, reptites, rudra, ryujin, shenlong, shinryu, st. eva, super mario rpg, tamayori-hime, tiamat, toyotama-hime, ugayafukeiazu no mikoto, urashima taro, watatsumi, xenlon, zenith, zenith dragon, zenithia | 6 Comments

Birds of a Feather (and a Few Without)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever really written specifically about the birds in the Oz series, and there are quite a few of them. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she sees “birds with rare and brilliant plumage” in the Munchkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, balloon island, banana bird, barrel birds, birds, birds of paradise, bob up, bobolinks, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chapter three, chickens, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ducks, flittermouse, foolish owl, garden of eden, gluckbird, gooch, grand mo-gull, gulls, hummingbirds, hurrah birds, hurrah's nest, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jalapomp, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lake orizon, lonesome duck, lucky bucky in oz, nickadoodle, notta bit more, orks, owls, oziana, patch, peli-cans, percy vere, peter brown, pirates in oz, policeman bluejay, reedbirds, rocs, roger the read bird, russet meagle, scissor bird, skyle of un, snif the iffin, stork scissors, storks, the cowardly lion of oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the giant horse of oz, the little gingerbread man, the lost king of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, zazagooch | 1 Comment

Toilet Terrors

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Nathan

There was a link on Twitter to this article on ghosts that haunt Japanese bathrooms, and I thought that might be a topic worth addressing myself. Bathrooms can be pretty scary places anyway, but usually the fear is more that … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Chinese, Christianity, Islam, Japanese, Korean, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Roman, Semitic, Urban Legends | Tagged Akaname, aki-manto, baal-peor, belphegor, cheuksin, cloacina, crepitus, demons, dictionnaire infernal, empress wu zetian, ghosts, ghoulies, hanako, izanami, kashima reiko, kawaya no-kami, namseonbi, noiljadae, stercutius, sulak, yeosan buin, yokai, zi-gu | 1 Comment

Sorcerous Servitude

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Nathan

I don’t know where the idea of supernatural beings assisting magicians originated, but perhaps the most prominent example are the jinn that will serve anyone who releases them from bottles. King Solomon is said to have had a ring that … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Atticus Gannaway, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, aladdin, alexander volkov, dearest mother, demon of electricity, demons, dinner bell, gayelette, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, golden cap, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jikki, jinn, johnny dooit, kabumpo, king solomon, opodock, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, silver hammer, the disenchanted princess of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the master key, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the silver sorceress of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, torpedo town, torpedodo, whistles, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wunchie, yankee in oz | 1 Comment

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All Yooped Up

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Idris Lives

Give Me Pasta Power as Fast as You Can

You Should Have Put a Ring on It

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