Tag Archives: the ten commandments

I’d Idle On with an Eidolon

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Nathan

I’d been interested in the origin of the term “eidolon” after hearing the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby episodes on Euripides’ Helen, and remembering that the term had been used in the Final Fantasy series. It’s basically a phantom, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Mythology, Names, Plays, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged achilles, aphrodite, castor, centaurs, clouds, dioscuri, eidolons, euripides, exodus, ghosts, helen, helen dendritis, helen of troy, hera, hermes, herodotus, ixion, menelaus, nemesis, paris, pausanias, podcasts, polydeuces, polyxo, priam of troy, proteus, ramesses ii of egypt, stesichorus, the ten commandments, theoclymenos, trees, trojan war, troy, zeus | Leave a comment

Too Pooped to Koop

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Nathan

Mamma mia! It’s a Super Mario Bros. cartoon! Several of them, in fact. The Mark of Zero – Our first parody for the week is of Zorro. I can’t say I know that much about the character, but I did … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Christianity, Donkey Kong, Egyptian, Food, History, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Religion, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged american revolution, arsenio trinidad, beezos, bible, clog, cobrats, cookoo bird, delawide river, edison, el desert land, exodus, flurries, fred van winkle, gary schwartz, george washingtoad, goombas, hammer brothers, homer, horses, inspector klean, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, koopos, luigi mario, mario mario, mario party 7, mouser, norman fell, obi-wan cannoli, obi-wan kenobi, ostros, paul revere, perry martin, phanto, piranha plants, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, pyramid land, pyramids, ratigator, red sauce sea, sand kingdom, shy guys, sphinx, super mario odyssey, ted bull, texas tea, the artist, the koopas are coming! the koopas are coming!, the mark of zero, the spirit of 76, the ten commandments, the ten koopmandments, the three mushrooms, the three stooges, the trojan koopa, tippy turtle, toad, toads, toupee, triclyde, trojan horse, trojan war, tutankhamun, vincent van gogh, zenned out mario, zero, zero plus one, zorro | Leave a comment

I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Nathan

One topic that comes up fairly enough is that of quotations that everyone knows, but are wrong in some way. They might be misattributed, or they might be somewhat off. The other day, Beth was reading a Cracked article recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Celebrities, Futurama, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Politics, Star Trek, Star Wars, Television, The Simpsons, William Shakespeare | Tagged al gore, blazing saddles, bugs bunny, casablanca, cracked, dan quayle, darth vader, democracy and things like that, dragnet, edward g. robinson, i love lucy, jerry seinfeld, looney tunes, luke skywalker, marx brothers, of mice and men, president george w. bush, quotations, sarah palin, sarah vowell, saturday night live, stan freberg, the empire strikes back, the ten commandments, the treasure of the sierra madre, tina fey | 4 Comments

A Long Walk Off a Short Pyramid

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Nathan

Dr. Ben Carson has been the subject of much mockery for a lot of reasons, but one of the most prominent is that he thought Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Apparently he didn’t even make this up; it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Futurama, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, Science, Television | Tagged antiquities of the jews, charles piazzi smith, dr. ben carson, egypt, exodus, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, great pyramid, james taylor, jesus, joseph, karel drbal, new age, noah, pharaoh, pi, pyramids, ramesses ii of egypt, seth, the ten commandments, thuban | 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 | 1 Comment

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