Category Archives: England

Lludd Conquers All

Posted on March 29, 2026 by Nathan

When reading Philip Freeman’s Celtic Mythology, I was reminded of a rather bizarre story that I think was in the version of the Mabinogi that I read, although it’s not traditionally considered part of that work. It’s about Lludd Llaw … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, England, Etymology, History, Language, Magic, Mythology, Names, Roman, Welsh | Tagged afallach, ambrosius aurelianus, arianrhod, beli mawr, bible, bran the blessed, bres, brutus of britain, cassivellaunus, celtic mythology, coranians, demons, dragons, emrys, fir bolg, geoffrey of monmouth, gospel of luke, gospels, gwyn ap nudd, heli, historia regum britanniae, julius caesar, king arthur, king vortigern, llevelys, lludd, london, mabinogion, mars, merlin, nennius, nodens, nuada, philip freeman, tuatha de danann | Leave a comment

Heroes for Hire

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Nathan

The Last Viking Trilogy, by Poul Anderson – Made up of three books, this work of historical fiction is about Harald Hardrada, an eleventh-century ruler of Norway who had a pretty fascinating life. He spent time in Kyiv and Constantinople, … Continue reading →

Posted in amtor, Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Byzantine Empire, carl barks, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, edgar rice burroughs, England, Greek Mythology, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Magic, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Roman, Television, Tom Holt, Video Games | Tagged ants, arth, beagle boys, bongo on the congo, carson napier, chugwagon derby, donald duck, duckburg, ducktales, dwarves, elves, escape on venus, fountain of youth, gladstone gander, goblins, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, harald hardrada, j. zachary pike, juan ponce de leon, king olaf of norway, macbeth, magica de spell, nicholas eames, odin, orconomics, poncey de loon, potions, Poul Anderson, ray guns, scrooge mcduck, the dark profit saga, the gold nugget boat, the golden horn, the last viking trilogy, the road of the sea horse, the sign of the raven, valhalla, venus, vikings, vulcan, william the conqueror | 3 Comments

Ur Hekau Setcheh

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Nathan

The Beasts of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The Russian villains from the previous book in the series return to kidnap Tarzan, Jane, and their newborn son Jack. The ape-man ends up on a jungle island, but is naturally … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, edgar rice burroughs, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, England, Families, History, Judaism, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Religion, tarzan, Technology | Tagged a canticle for leibowitz, atlantis, babylon, e. nesbit, edith nesbit, egypt, fairies, hatshepsut, jadis the white witch, julius caesar, lemmings, mammoths, mara daughter of the nile, nisroch, psammead, the beasts of tarzan, the magician's nephew, the return of tarzan, the story of the amulet, thutmose, time travel, tyre, walter m. miller jr., wandering jew, war, world war ii | 1 Comment

Women in the Pictures

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Nathan

I had an idea of writing about pictures I’ve seen misidentified online, and I’m going to do that, but also go off on some tangents. To begin with, this was a meme I saw online. It’s a sentiment I agree … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, British, Celtic, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Discworld, England, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Magic, Magnus Chase, Music, Mythology, Norse, Poetry, Politics, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Roman Empire, Terry Pratchett, William Shakespeare | Tagged alain chartier, angus mcbride, augustan history, boudica, chariots, charles hamilton smith, cuchulainn, donald trump, edyth swanneck, elves, emperor aurelius, fairies, flanders and swann, frederick sandys, harold godwinsson, henry meynell rheam, herbert gustave schmalz, hylas, john keats, john william waterhouse, la belle dame sans merci, lancre, lords and ladies, luis royo, magrat garlick, mary magdalene, memes, michael flanders, morgan llywelyn, nymphs, prasutagus, puns, suetonius, tea tephi, the wind from hastings, thomas thornycroft, walter crane, warwick goble, witches, wyrd sisters, zenobia | Leave a comment

Biblio-This, Biblio-That

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Nathan

Shardik, by Richard Adams – I wanted to like this more than I did. There were aspects that were done well, but I found it too dense and slow-paced to get a whole lot out of it. Still, I finished … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, England, History, Magic, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Toys | Tagged bears, bookholm, dragons, elementals, gordon r. dickson, griffins, john brownjohn, kari sullivan, king edward iii of england, kraken, lindworms, melusine, merfolk, optimus yarnspinner, phoenix, puppets, richard adams, shardik, slavery, stephen king, the city of dreaming books, the dark tower, the dragon and the george, the dragon knight, the labyrinth of dreaming books, the menagerie, tui t. sullivan, unicorns, walter moers, wizards, zamonia | Leave a comment

How We Pierced the Forest

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Nathan

Perceforest: The Prehistory of King Arthur’s Britain translated by Nigel Bryant – I had heard about this epic work a few years ago, but couldn’t find it until recently, at a link on the Arthurian Preservation Project at Tumblr. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, Families, Games, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Sports, Taoism, Technology | Tagged alexander the great, bazonga bird, beowulf, darnant the enchanter, demons, dragons, dyrnwyn, elric of melnibone, excalibur, fafhrd and the grey mouser, fairies, franc palais, fritz leiber, frostfire, gadifer, ganelon, gardner fox, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, graywand, gyraphont, hrunting, jesus, judy i. lin, julius caesar, king arthur, kothar the barbarian, lin carter, michael moorcock, nigel bryant, perceforest, rick riordan presents, round table, sleeping beauty, stormbringer, swords, the dark becomes her, the enchantress of world's end, tyrfing, verminex, weapons | Leave a comment

What a Life of Luxury to Be an Ape-Man

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Nathan

The Return of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – This sequel wraps up some of the hanging plot threads in the first book, but also takes the story in some different directions. While the first one was about a guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, England, Fairy Tales, History, Magic, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Prejudice | Tagged fairies, fletcher pratt, human sacrifice, jane porter, john hollyshoes, john uskglass, john uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner, jonathan strange and mr norrell, mary queen of scots, mr simonelli or the fairy widower, on lickerish hill, racism, rumplestiltskin, stardust, susanna clarke, tarzan, the blue star, the duke of wellington misplaces his horse, the ladies of grace adieu, the return of tarzan, the twelve, tom brightwind or how the fairy bridge was built at thoresby, treasures of the twelve, witches, zodiac | Leave a comment

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Nathan

Yeah, I’m writing about books again. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman – I wasn’t sure what to expect of this modern take on the Arthurian legend, but I ended up quite liking it, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Islam, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Slavic, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged avalon, bazonga bird, camelot, chernobog, demons, eleggua, fairies, ganelon, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, king arthur, king constantine of britain, knights of the round table, lev grossman, lin carter, lord of shadows, maya and the return of the godlings, merlin, morgan le fay, naomi novik, nimue, orishas, paganism, roger zelazny, round table, rumplestiltskin, sir bedivere, sir dagonet, sir dinadan, sir mordred, sir palomides, sky island, spinning silver, staryk, terra magica, the bright sword, the wand of gamelon, the warrior of world's end, yama yama land | 1 Comment

Snarks and Grumkins

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Nathan

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, by Walter Moers, translated by John Brownjohn – I’d only just recently heard of this German author, but this book really grabbed me. It’s a funny and absurd fantasy, narrated by a bear who … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Celtic, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, England, Fairy Tales, German, History, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Religion, Scottish, Semitic | Tagged a game of thrones, a song of ice and fire, adam and eve, andrew lang, atlantes, atlantis, bible, brothers grimm, daenerys targaryen, dragonrouge, dragons, edmund spenser, faerie queene, fairies, felixmarte of hyrcania, george macdonald, george r.r. martin, jinn, john brownjohn, kesrick, korrigan, lin carter, mazikeen, oberon, orlando furioso, peris, portunes, seals, selkies, talmud, terra magica, the 13 1/2 lives of captain bluebear, the light princess, the mythology of fairies, the scalawagons of oz, the world guide to gnomes fairies elves and other little people, thomas keightley, trolls, unicorns, walter moers, westeros, zamonia | 7 Comments

Tell Me About the Dragons, George

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Nathan

I had a few other things I wanted to write about, but since I found out Saturday was St. George’s Day, I thought he might be worth looking into. As someone who didn’t attend a church where saints were really … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Authors, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Crusades, Diana Wynne Jones, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, Stan Freberg, Tom Holt | Tagged dragons, edith nesbit, emperor diocletian, gordon r. dickson, hercules, kenneth grahame, king edward iii of england, medusa, order of the garter, ovid, paint your dragon, perseus, prince marvel, smaug, st. dragon and the george, st. george, st. george's day, st. patrick, st. theodore tiron, the deliverers of their country, the enchanted island of yew, the hobbit, the reluctant dragon, unicorns, witch week | Leave a comment

Category Archives: England

Lludd Conquers All

Heroes for Hire

Ur Hekau Setcheh

Women in the Pictures

Biblio-This, Biblio-That

How We Pierced the Forest

What a Life of Luxury to Be an Ape-Man

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Snarks and Grumkins

Tell Me About the Dragons, George

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