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Mourning Announcements

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Nathan

Today is the anniversary of Jesus’ crucifixion. Okay, it probably really isn’t, and we don’t even know what year that happened, let alone the specific date. While Easter does sometimes fall this early, it’s rare. And if these first century … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Catholicism, Christianity, Christmas, Easter, History, Holidays, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, Judaism, Middle Ages, Passover, Religion, rosh hashanah | Tagged abraham, adam and eve, akedah, angels, apocrypals, bible, bishop james ussher, cain and abel, calendar, chronology, creation, crucifixion, exodus, feast of the annunciation, gabriel, garden of eden, genesis, good friday, gospel of luke, gospels, human sacrifice, isaac, jesus, john the baptist, lord of the rings, lucifer, martyrdom, melchizedek, moses, one ring, podcasts, pope benedict xvi, st. dismas, summer solstice, vernal equinox, virgin mary, winter solstice | Leave a comment

Roland in the Deep

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Nathan

I think I first heard of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in a blurb about C.S. Lewis comparing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to it. Well, they do both have a magic ring that makes people invisible, and a monster … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, French, Greek Mythology, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged amazons, andromeda, arimaspoi, astolfo, atlante, avalon, basil of caesarea, battle of roncevaux pass, beowulf, chanson de roland, charlemagne, childe roland to the dark tower came, cortana, durendal, elijah, fairies, faleero, falerina, ferragut, giants, griffins, halo, hector, hell, hippogriffs, holga danske, horses, hugh capet of france, huon of bordeaux, jesus, john the apostle, king lear, lethe river, lord of the rings, ludovico ariosto, matteo maria boiardo, merlin, moon, morgan le fay, ogier the dane, orcas, orcs, orlando furioso, orlando innamorato, paladin, penthesileia, pliny the elder, prester john, rinaldo, robert browning, roland, roland the headless thompson gunner, ruggiero, st. denis, st. peter, stephen king, swords, tristan and isolde, virgin mary, warren zevon, water of oblivion, weapons | Leave a comment

Babes in the Woods

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Nathan

I remember, back in high school, reading about Scandinavian tales of women living in the forest who looked beautiful and human from the front, but were hollow in the back. I think the book just called them elves, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, British, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Piers Anthony, Roman, Xanth | Tagged buschgrossmutter, druedain, dwarves, elves, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, fauns, folklore, hulders, huldras, jacob grimm, kaiti hylands, lord of the rings, ludmila zeman, moss people, mother holle, orcs, satyrs, shrub grandmother, skogsra, tails, thale, trees, trolls, wild hunt, woodwives, woodwoses | Leave a comment

Winners and Choosers

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Nathan

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, British, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Christianity, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Semitic, Star Wars, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged anakin skywalker, andrew heller, aragorn, armor, bender's big score, brain spawn, carrot ironfoundersson, chosen ones, chosen people, dark king, darth plagueis, darth vader, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, emperor palpatine, epic of gilgamesh, erdrick, fate, final fantasy mystic quest, flood, gilgamesh, glinda, gondor, hammurabi, how the wizard came to oz, hyrule, jedi, jesus, king arthur, king david, kylo ren, link, lord of the rings, middle-earth, nibblonians, oedipus, oz: the great and powerful, philip j. fry, professor hubert farnsworth, prophecy, return of the jedi, sith, swords, time travel, utnapishtim, voldemort, weapons, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

All in How You Spell ‘Em

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Nathan

I saw something recently about the difference between the words “fairy” and “faerie.” Really, there’s no difference; the latter is just an archaic spelling. The word comes from the French for “fate,” and therefore “enchantment”; and was applied to many different … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, Celtic, Discworld, Etymology, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aleister crowley, dennis wilson wise, dwarves, elves, fairies, fairyland, gnomes, goblins, immortals, john william polidori, lee speth, lord of the rings, noldor, nomes, nymphs, orcs, ozma of oz, spelling, the baum bugle, the hobbit, the hungry tiger of oz, vampires, words | 2 Comments

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wisp

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Nathan

The term “Will o’ the Wisp” refers to a sort of light that appears over swamps and marshes, caused by photon emissions from gases. Or at least that’s the scientific explanation. There’s a lot of folklore devoted to these weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Authors, British, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, German, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japanese, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Science, Scottish, South American, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, ariel, boitata, bram stoker, dracula, dragon quest iv, fairies, frodo baggins, ghosts, gollum, hobbits, ignis fatuus, irrwisch, jack o' lantern, john milton, karl haupt, lord of the rings, lost souls, paradise lost, puck, rogue wispers, samwise gamgee, snarks, st. elmo's fire, st. erasmus of formia, the hunting of the snark, the tempest, tonberries, umibozu, will o' the wisp, wisp, wisps, yokai | Leave a comment

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

You’ve Come to the Wight Place

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Nathan

I first remember coming across the term “wight” in Tunnels of Doom, a dungeon-crawling role-playing game for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. I’m assuming the game was inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and in turn by J.R.R. Tolkien. I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged barrow-wights, dungeons and dragons, egil skallagrimsson, erik bloodaxe, goat-bjorn, gunnhild, harald bluetooth gomsson, keflavik international airport, landvaettir, lord of the rings, nithing pole, tunnels of doom, vaettir, wights | 2 Comments

Is Your World-Building Up to Code?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Nathan

While I generally find the results to be the really interesting part, I also find how fictional worlds are created to be quite intriguing. J.R.R. Tolkien is often held up as an author whose fantasy works take place in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, archenland, aslan, calormen, dragon quest ii, hyrule, lord of the rings, middle-earth, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, super mario bros. 3, telmar, the hobbit, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the legend of zelda, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, the silver chair, the voyage of the dawn treader, zelda ii the adventure of link | 1 Comment

Two (or More) Become One

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Nathan

One of the main complaints that fans of the Oz books seem to have about the MGM movie, aside from making Oz a dream, is that they combined two Good Witches into one character. Now, it makes a certain amount … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Comics, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, arwen, batman, calypso, circe, glinda, glorfindel, good witch of the north, joe chill, joker, lord of the rings, mombi, odyssey, peter jackson, princess langwidere, queen of hearts, red queen, return to oz, robin, the hundred and one dalmatians, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, through the looking-glass, tim burton, tony zucco, two-face | 3 Comments

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Roland in the Deep

Babes in the Woods

Winners and Choosers

All in How You Spell ‘Em

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wisp

You Should Have Put a Ring on It

You’ve Come to the Wight Place

Is Your World-Building Up to Code?

Two (or More) Become One

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