Category Archives: British

Rift of the Magi

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Nathan

Ronan the Barbarian, by James Bibby – The joke in the title is perhaps a little too obvious, but this is a good comic fantasy overall. Ronan is the son of a blacksmith who makes flimsy weapons, and is killed … Continue reading →

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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

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

Mirth and Magic

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Nathan

Celtic Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, by Sorcha and Aron Hegarty – This a guide to the characters in this mythology, which provides a few pages on the key details of each one, and an lush illustration by … Continue reading →

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Eye Between the Worlds

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Nathan

Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood, by Maria Tatar – This book addresses how fairy tales have been interpreted over time, particularly in terms of how they gradually became primarily for children, and how that led … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Families, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, king's quest, Magic, Maps, Music, Mythology, Prejudice, Relationships, Sierra, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged aunt charlotte and the nga portraits, bluebeard, boggarts, bruno bettelheim, childhood, count dracula, crispinophur, daventry, derek karlavaegen, donkeyskin, elves, emily wilde, emily wilde's map of the otherlands, factory, fairies, fauns, greensleeves, incest, instead of three wishes, king graham, king's quest iii, king's quest iv, king's quest v, little red riding hood, llewdor, maria tatar, megan whalen turner, off with their heads!, peter spear, psychology, roberta williams, selkies, serenia, sigmund freud, the baker king, the king's quest companion, the nightmare, wendell bambleby | Leave a comment

Head Games

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Nathan

The Green Knight – I chose to watch this on New Year’s Eve because I knew the story traditionally starts and ends on New Year’s Day. Little did I know it was changed to Christmas Day for the movie, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Christmas, Dreams, Holidays, Monsters, Mythology, New Year's Day, Video | Tagged antichrist, creep, creep 2, david lowery, foxes, green man, knights of the round table, murder, serial killers, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, the green knight, the last temptation of christ | Leave a comment

Regicide Salad

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Nathan

Entirely coincidentally, I’ve finished a few books as of late that involved a king being killed. With two of them, it’s even in the title. So there’s sort of a theme here, although the first few books I talk about … Continue reading →

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What’s Ettin You?

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Nathan

I was looking at the TV Tropes page about individual beings with multiple heads, and I must say that, while I’ve seen criticisms of the site not being a good way to engage with media, it’s quite useful when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Games, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Plays, Scottish, Ultima, Video Games | Tagged arador, aragorn, archenland, beholder, beowulf, dungeons and dragons, ettenmoors, ettins, ettinsmoor, gazers, giants, grendel, henrik ibsen, jack the giant killer, jotun, middle-earth, peer gynt, soria moria castle, the hobbit, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the red ettin, trolls, tv tropes, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, xorns, zorns | Leave a comment

The Dreams That You Dread to Dream

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Nathan

A Nightmare in Oz, by David M. Keyes – The first book in this author’s New Oz Chronicles, it largely follows up on the original books, but with a rather darker tone. Part of the premise of this one is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Characters, Comics, Dreams, edgar rice burroughs, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, tarzan | Tagged a nightmare in oz, apes, aunt em, billina, camelot, cowardly lion, cullen bunn, david m. keyes, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elton john, excalibur, fairies, fiddlestick forest, howard pyle, hungry tiger, igraine, jim the cab-horse, king arthur, king cheeriobed, king uther pendragon, lady ettard, lady of the lake, larry king, lurline, magic picture, merlin, mike deodato jr, mombi, morgan le fay, mrs. yoop, new oz chronicles, ork, ozma of oz, pastoria, powder of life, professor wogglebug, queen guinevere, racism, seedling, sir gawain, sir pelleas, snip the button boy, special oz operations team, the giant horse of oz, the green delight, the lost king of oz, the lost lands, the marvelous land of oz, the son of tarzan, the story of king arthur and his knights, the wizard of oz (1902), the wonderful wizard of oz, til loon, tin castle, tin woodman, ultimate oz universe, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, zeb hugson | 4 Comments

A Sworded Love Affair

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Nathan

Vellum: The Book of All Hours, by Hal Duncan – This is a complicated book by design, but still interesting to read, even if it’s not always clear what’s going on. It jumps around a lot between characters, times, places, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Urban Legends, ursula vernon, Welsh | Tagged aeslin mice, angels, bakeneko, chupacabra, clurichauns, cryptozoology, elric of melnibone, elves, fairies, ghosts, gnoles, goblins, gorgons, greenteeth, guy fawkes, gwyn ap nudd, h.p. lovecraft, hal duncan, iacchus, installment immortality, jenny greenteeth, mabinogion, mary dunlavy, metatron, mice, michael moorcock, molly o'neill, mourner's waltz, paladin's grace, pigs, reynard the fox, rolling stones, spring-heeled jack, stormbringer, swordheart, swords, t. kingfisher, the book of all hours, twrch trwyth, vellum, verity price, weapons | Leave a comment

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Rift of the Magi

Lludd Conquers All

When You’ve Had Your Fill of Fillory

Mirth and Magic

Eye Between the Worlds

Head Games

Regicide Salad

What’s Ettin You?

The Dreams That You Dread to Dream

A Sworded Love Affair

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