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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

The Anti-Chaos Committee

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books recently, but I was holding off on writing about them not just because I had other stuff to do, but because it seems like I don’t do much else besides book reviews these days. Oziana isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, marissa meyer, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire | Tagged abolitionism, angela davis, constance verity, constance verity destroys the universe, cotton mather, demons, dryads, elves, erlking, fairies, gilded, ibram x. kendi, jefferson davis, king kong, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, luanne g. smith, martin luther king, pixies, planet of the apes, president thomas jefferson, racism, rakkhosh, rumplestiltskin, sayantani dasgupta, slavery, stamped from the beginning, thakurmar jhuli, the brightest fell, the chaos curse, the princess bride, the raven spell, uplift suasion, vivienne to, w.e.b. dubois, wild hunt, william lloyd garrison, winged monkeys, witches | 2 Comments

A Koschei Deal

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Nathan

Her Majesty’s Wizard, by Christopher Stasheff – I saw this book on a list of recommendations somewhere, and I didn’t realize at the time that the author had just died in June. This is the first book of the Wizard … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Diana Wynne Jones, Fairy Tales, History, Magic, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, october daye, Religion, Russian, seanan mcguire, Slavic | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, an artificial night, baba yaga, blind michael, buyan, catherynne valente, christopher stasheff, daniel horne, deathless, deep secret, divine right, dragons, fairies, fletcher pratt, harold shea, her majesty's wizard, herne the hunter, koschei the deathless, l. sprague de camp, luidaeg, marya morevna, matthew mantrell, princess alisande, russian revolution, satan, sorcerers, werewolves, wild hunt, witches, wizards, world war ii | 2 Comments

Back to the Books

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Nathan

It’s been a long time since I’ve written any book reviews. When I had a job, I would generally read on my way there and back, as well as during breaks. When I’m at home most of the day, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ron Baxley Jr. | Tagged aesir, captain james hook, dragons, greg bear, gullveig, handbook for dragon slayers, joanne m. harris, kubla khan, loki, merrie haskell, mimir, neverland, samuel taylor coleridge, songs of earth and power, the gospel of loki, the infinity concerto, the serpent mage, vincent myrand, wild hunt, wonderland, ziggy zig-zags the light and dark fantastic | 4 Comments

Why So Sirius?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Nathan

Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones – In this engaging story, Sirius, the hot-tempered immortal lord of the Dog Star, is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. As punishment, he’s forced to take the form of a dog on Earth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Diana Wynne Jones | Tagged dogsbody, sirius, wild hunt | Leave a comment

Tales of the Gwyn Reaper

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Nathan

I was a bit stumped for ideas for a mythology post for this weekend, but then I remembered I’d been meaning to write about Gwyn ap Nudd, Welsh Lord of the Dead. Picture by Thalia Took I’ve already mentioned him … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Celtic, Mythology | Tagged creiddylad, fairies, gwyn ap nudd, gwythyr ap greidawl, king arthur, lludd, nudd, twrch trwyth, tylwyth teg, wild hunt | Leave a comment

Oh, Baby, Baby, It’s a Wild Hunt

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Nathan

I was thinking of addressing some Germanic mythology today, and looked at the introduction that the Brothers Grimm wrote for their fairy tale collection for possible inspiration. It turns out that I already discussed several of the mythological figures mentioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Christmas, Fairy Tales, German, Holidays, Mythology, Norse | Tagged baldur, befana, berchta, bertha, brothers grimm, cernunnos, charlemagne, fairies, ghosts, gwydion fab don, gwynn ap nudd, herne the hunter, jacob grimm, king arthur, knecht ruprecht, krampus, loki, odin, perchta, santa claus, satan, siegfried, sigurd, sir francis drake, sleipnir, snow white, the goose girl, trolls, wild hunt, wilhelm grimm, windsor forest, witches, wotan | 13 Comments

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