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Gammon and Spinach

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Nathan

You know, I think I still have a DVD set of old Popeye cartoons I haven’t watched, and I haven’t gotten my hands on a copy of the last collection of Elzie Segar’s strips either. But I did think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Donkey Kong, Families, Food, Greek Mythology, Health, Humor, Mythology, Pac-Man, Popeye, Video Games | Tagged achilles, bluto, captain strong, elzie segar, erich von wolf, famous studios, fantastic four, fleischer studios, hercules, olive oyl, poopdeck pappy, samson, shigeru miyamoto, spinach, superfoods, superheroes, superman, the incredible hulk, vegetables, whiffle hen, zeus | Leave a comment

Baum vs. the Bible

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Nathan

When we discussed John R. Neill’s Lucky Bucky in Oz on the old Nonestica mailing list, J.L. Bell mentioned how Bucky recalled the story of Jonah and the Whale when riding inside Davy Jones. Biblical allusions are uncommon in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Theosophy | Tagged american fairy tales, bible, cap'n bill, captain salt in oz, garden of eden, goliath, j. l. bell, jonah, king anko, king solomon, lucky bucky in oz, mother goose in prose, nebuchadnezzar, noah, noah's ark, paradise, policeman bluejay, queen zixi of ix, samson, satan, the emerald city of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the laughing hippopotamus, the magic of oz, the sea fairies, the uplift of lucifer, the witchcraft of mary-marie, the wond'rous wise man, twinkle and chubbins, twinkle tales, uncle henry, uplifters, zog | 6 Comments

A Shekel a Dozen

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Nathan

It’s well attested that ancient Israel was made up of twelve tribes, but exactly what those tribes were varies from one list to another. Typically, they’re said to be Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Zebulun, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Ethnicity, Etymology, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Politics, Religion | Tagged aigyptos, assyrians, babylonians, bible, canaan, dan, danaus, denyen, deuteronomistic history, edom, egypt, ephraim, esau, exodus, genesis, hellen, israel, jacob, john of patmos, joseph, judah, leah, levi, libya, manasseh, philistines, rachel, reuben, revelation, samaritans, samson, sea peoples, shechem, simeon, ten lost tribes, tros, twelve tribes of israel | 3 Comments

Whores in My Head

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Nathan

Pixies, Doolittle – I think this might be the band’s most popular album, and it was certainly the first one I heard. It’s not my personal favorite, but it’s quite solid. I remember reading that the working title was Whore, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Music, Pixies, Uncategorized | Tagged bathsheba, bible, david lovering, delilah, doolittle, dr. dolittle, fred flintstone, kim deal, king david, neptune, samson, un chien andalou | 1 Comment

Merely a Man

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Nathan

I wrote about demonization last week, but there’s another way people dealt with gods they didn’t believe in, which is claiming that they’re simply people who came to be worshipped. Of course this kind of thing actually happened, both with … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Mormonism, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged aeneid, crete, euhemerism, euhemerus, europa, hercules, jesus, joseph smith, minos, nimrod, odin, priam, samson, snorri sturluson, troy, virgil, zeus | 7 Comments

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