Category Archives: Babylonian

When You’ve Had Your Fill of Fillory

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Nathan

Bera the One-Headed Troll, by Eric Orchard – This fantasy graphic novel has a Halloween-like style that the artist based partially on the illustrations of Arthur Rackham and Maurice Sendak. Bera is a troll who grows pumpkins, and lives alone except … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Celtic, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Comics, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Politics, Relationships, Religion | Tagged arabian nights, archaeology, arthur rackham, aslan, baba yaga, bera the one-headed troll, book of enchantments, brakebills university for magical pedagogy, cats, christopher plover, cruel sisters, curses, demons, emily wilde, emily wilde's compendium of lost tales, eric orchard, esther friesner, eugenides, fairies, fillory, frying pan of doom, ghosts, heather fawcett, hedgehogs, here be demons, lev grossman, lorelei, maurice sendak, megan whalen turner, merlin, niffin, parvahr, patricia wrede, rats, roses by moonlight, sacrifice, sirens, the enchanted forest chronicles, the lorelei, the magician's land, the princess the cat and the unicorn, the queen's thief, the sixty-two curses of caliph arenschadd, the thief, tiamat, trolls, unicorns, utensile strength, wendell bambleby, werewolves, witches | 1 Comment

The Prophetic Profession

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Nathan

I was thinking recently about prophecy, and how the idea I usually have when I see the word is of someone predicting the future, and often in a way that’s guaranteed to come true. Nobody necessarily knows how or when … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Dreams, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Islam, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged bible, daniel, deuteronomy, ezekiel, fate, haggai, hezekiah, hosea, isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, jonah, king ahab, malachi, messiah, miracles, muhammad, nabu, parables, prophecy, prophets, talmud, tanakh, zechariah | Leave a comment

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

Sumer Is Icumen In

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Nathan

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Poul Anderson, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Sumerian, Wayward Children | Tagged adrift in currents clean and clear, agriculture, another day, atlas, belyyreka, bible, changelings, civilization, delos, elves, enki, enlil, fairies, firmament, geb, geese, genesis, inanna, jinn, league of princes, lord of the rings, marduk, nanna, ninlil, ninurta, nut, odin, out of oz, pirates, samuel noah kramer, shu, skafloc, sleeping beauty, sumerian mythology, swords, the brides of maracoor, the broken sword, the fellowship of the ring, the hero's guide to being an outlaw, thor, tiamat, trolls, tuatha de danann, turtles, utu, vikings, weapons, wicked, wicked witch of the west, witches | 3 Comments

You’ve Got a Fiend in Me

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Nathan

I wrote a bit about the Four Fiends from Final Fantasy before, but I’ve since thought of more to say. Four of the main bosses in the first games, they’re associated with the four classical elements, and are causing the destruction … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Gender, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Technology, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 8-bit theater, ahriman, archfiends, bahamut, baramos, barbariccia, cagnazzo, cecil harvey, cerberus, chaos, classical elements, dante alighieri, demons, dhuran, dinosaurs, divine comedy, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest vi, dragons, dualhead hydra, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, echidna, elemental fiends, enuma elish, excalibur, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, final fantasy ix, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy stranger of paradise, final fantasy vi, flamerus rex, four fiends, four heavenly kings, game boy advance, gardner fox, garland, gary gygax, general beatrix, golbez, golems, guardians of terra, gutsco, hans christian andersen, hydra, ice golem, inferno, kaimeiji yuu, kain highwind, kali, kary, kingdom of baron, kraken, kuja, land turtle, lich, light warriors, lilith, lufenia, malebranche, mara, marduk, marilith, mermaids, mortamor, mount ordeals, nagas, orthros, pazuzu, phylactery, quena quen, ramayana, robots, rubicante, salamanders, scarmiglione, siddhartha gautama, skullrus rex, stone golem, tataka, the little mermaid, the sword of the sorcerer, tiamat, time loops, titans, twinhead wyvern, two-headed dragon, ultros, vile four, wyverns, yang fang leiden, zidane tribal, zoma, zuh | 4 Comments

Santa and the Asteroid

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books as of late, but I kind of want to space them out a bit, and haven’t been able to think of much else to write about in between. Here are my thoughts on a few of them. Be … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Christmas, Fairy Tales, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, seanan mcguire, Tom Holt | Tagged ahriman, andrew lang, arabian nights, asteroids, be the serpent, chronicles of pantouflia, cyrano de bergerac, dragons, dwarves, fairies, fountain of lions, giants, gilbert and sullivan, j.w. wells & co., luidaeg, moon, oberon, orlando furioso, paflagonia, pantouflia, paribanou, prince charles edward stuart, prince prigio, prince ricardo of pantouflia, remora, santa claus, such dangerous seas, the eight reindeer of the apocalypse, the rose and the ring, the sorcerer, tiamat, titania, wild hunt, william makepeace thackeray | 1 Comment

Must Be the Season of the Alchemist

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Nathan

Hospital, by Han Song, translated by Michael Berry – This is a pretty bizarre book, partially a satire on the medical industry, with the hospital system essentially taking over the world, then branching out from there into increasingly surreal territory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Animals, Art, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Buddhism, carl barks, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Health, Humor, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Technology | Tagged city of the plague god, corn jenny, daffy-o, daisy duck, demons, donald duck, duck luck, dumuzi, franz kafka, fury of the dragon goddess, gulliver's travels, gyro gearloose, han song, hollow earth, hospital, huey dewey and louie, ishtar, jack frost, jack in the green, jonathan swift, junior woodchucks, lucian of samosata, ludvig holberg, lugal, magica de spell, michael berry, middlegame, monkeys, niels klim, niels klim's underground travels, rabisu, rick riordan presents, sarwat chadda, satire, scrooge mcduck, seasonal fears, seasons, sikander aziz, stingy jack, stranger than fiction, tammuz, the madcap mariner, the terrible tourist, true history | 1 Comment

The Future’s Got It Covered

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Nathan

I’m not entirely sure how many new Futurama episodes Hulu ordered, but I do know that they’re going to wait before airing the next batch. So here are my thoughts on the ten episodes we’ve had so far. The Impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Babylonian, Cartoons, Celebrities, chemistry, Christmas, Corporations, Current Events, Futurama, Games, Health, Holidays, Humor, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Religion, Science, Technology, Television, Toys, Voodoo | Tagged aging, aliens, all my circuits, amazon, amy wong, barbados slim, bears, bender bending rodriguez, bitcoin, borax kid, calculon, coolio, coronavirus, cryptocurrency, cubert farnsworth, democratic order of planets, dr. john zoidberg, dune, dwight conrad, hulu, kif kroker, kwanzaabot, lamassu, mermaids, nibbler, omicron persei 8, parasites, philip j. fry, planet express, professor banjo, professor hubert farnsworth, professor ogden wernstrom, robot mafia, robots, santa claus, saturn, tardigrades, the ring, turanga leela, turducken, ursa major, vaccines, weebles, worms, zapp brannigan | 3 Comments

The Lion Shall Lay Down with the Lamassu

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Nathan

With the appearance of Lamassu on the latest Futurama episode (although I haven’t been able to find a picture of them online as of yet), I thought they might be an interesting concept to look into, although I’m not really sure there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Babylonian, Buddhism, Cartoons, Etymology, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Judaism, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Persian, Religion, Television | Tagged abenaki, achaemenid empire, angels, anu, apsu, cherubim, demons, donkeys, enki, enuma elish, glooscap, gopathas, griffins, lahamu, lahmu, lamashtu, lamassu, lamia, lilith, mercury, pamola, pazuzu, shedu, sphinx, tiamat, yalis | 2 Comments

Pig in a Plane

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Nathan

SPOILERS for all three movies covered here. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – I’ve actually now seen this twice, and didn’t get that much out of it either time. It’s pretty good aesthetically, though, with the outfits and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Aztec, Babylonian, Cartoons, Comics, Greek Mythology, History, Music, Mythology, Names, Native American, Roman, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ajak, ajax, angelina jolie, athena, baloo, beyond the valley of the dolls, celestials, circe, eternals, fio piccolo, gilgamesh, hephaestus, jack kirby, kingo, kingu, makkari, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mercury, phastos, phil spector, pipettes, pirates, porco rosso, quetzalcoatl, roger ebert, russ meyer, salma hayek, sersi, studio ghibli, talespin, tiamat, tiamut, valley of the dolls, world war i, zeus | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Babylonian

When You’ve Had Your Fill of Fillory

The Prophetic Profession

Ur Hekau Setcheh

Sumer Is Icumen In

You’ve Got a Fiend in Me

Santa and the Asteroid

Must Be the Season of the Alchemist

The Future’s Got It Covered

The Lion Shall Lay Down with the Lamassu

Pig in a Plane

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