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Diabolical Devices

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Nathan

Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist, by James F. McGrath – The author attempts to write a biography of John, using various sources and traditions. The criterion of embarrassment, that the early Christian writers probably wouldn’t have included details … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Food, Harry Potter, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Names, Nursery Rhymes, Poetry, Relationships, Religion | Tagged amelia carruthers, angostura, apples, armor, baptism, bidasari, big bad wolf, brothers grimm, cannibalism, childe roland to the dark tower came, christmaker, crooked man, deserae, dwarves, fish, giambattista bastile, gold tree and silver tree, goldfish, gospel of luke, gospel of mark, gospels, hansel and gretel, herod antipas, heroics for beginners, jesus, joanna ruth meyer, john connolly, john moore, john the baptist, king herod the great, little red riding hood, lord voltmeter, magic mirror, mandaeans, mandean book of john, massacre of the innocents, origins of fairy tales from around the world, poison, pontius pilate, protoevangelium of james, rassendas, roland, rumplestiltskin, sleeping beauty, snow white, snow white and other example of jealousy unrewarded, the book of lost things, the land of lost things, the winter dark, the young slave, trout, twenty kingdoms, while the dark remains, witches, wolves, world war ii | Leave a comment

Baffled by Baphomet

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Nathan

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – Another point-and-click adventure game, this one was developed by Revolution Games and originally released in 1996, although I played the recent Reforged version. It deals with an international conspiracy based on a mysterious … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Crusades, Final Fantasy, France, History, Humor, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Prejudice, Religion, Video Games | Tagged armor, baphomet, broken sword, carmen sandiego, clowns, demons, dwarves, elves, gate rune war, george stobbart, hashashim, knights templar, kobolds, kuromi, kuromimi, milich oppenheimer, nicole collard, revolution games, sanrio, scarlet moon empire, shadow of the templars, space quest, suikoden, teo mcdohl, tir mcdohl, weapons | Leave a comment

Winners and Choosers

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Nathan

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

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Mythical Metals

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Nathan

Today, we’re going to look at three metals from the world of fantasy and legend. And since Wednesday is Video Game Day here in VoVatia, I’ll be sure to mention their relevance to the game world. Adamant – Although the … Continue reading →

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