Tag Archives: atlantis

Slimeline

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Nathan

I’m going to look at one of my niche interests, that of timelines for fictional universes, in this case the Dragon Quest series. While there are exceptions, I get the impression that game developers don’t generally think too much about … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Christianity, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Families, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japanese, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Persian, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, aliahan, atlantis, c.m.o.t. dibbler, cecil harvey, celestria, ceodore harvey, chronology, dragon quest builders, dragon quest heroes, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest monsters the dark prince, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragons, dragovians, emblem of roto, empyrea, erdrick, escape from monkey island, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, heirs of the mark, himiko, hyborian age, hyrule, hyrule historia, item monogatari, jipang, link, manga, mithra, mithraism, mithril, monkey island, monster monogatari, monty the monster monitor, ocarina of time, orichalcum, pioniria, plato, psaro, ragnar mcryan, ramia, robert e. howard, square enix, sword of erdrick, sword of light, swords, the mark of erdrick, time travel, timelines, tockles, torneko taloon, warriors of eden, weapons, yamata no orochi, yuji horii, zenith dragon, zenithia | 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

Illumi-Naughty

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Nathan

In the Cities of Coin and Spice, by Catherynne M. Valente – The second book in the Orphan’s Tales series continues with more diverse but connected stories, with a lot of shifting back and forth when different narrators interrupt, very … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Conspiracy Theories, Daniel Handler, Drugs, Fairy Tales, Food, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Japanese, Magic, Mathematics, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged abuse, adam weishaupt, ambrose bierce, arabian nights, atlantis, bad prince charlie, discordianism, dragons, firebird, h.p. lovecraft, hamlet, homophobia, illuminati, in the cities of coin and spice, jinn, john dillinger, john moore, lemony snicket, leviathan, numerology, president george washington, racism, robert anton wilson, robert chambers, robert shea, sirens, the illuminatus trilogy, the king in yellow, the orphan's tales, weapons of mass destruction | 2 Comments

Yarthly Matters

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Nathan

The First Kothar the Barbarian Megapack, by Gardner F. Fox – This collects three different volumes, Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman (itself originally published as three short stories), Kothar of the Magic Sword, and Kothar and the Demon Queen. The author is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Comics, Etymology, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged a voyage to the moon, antillia, arimaspoi, atlantis, birds, carta marina, comical history of the states and empires of the moon, cumberia, cynocephali, cyrano de bergerac, demons, edward brooke-hitching, el dorado, elijah, frostfire, garden of eden, gardner fox, hy brasil, justice league of america, kothar and the demon queen, kothar barbarian swordsman, kothar of the magic sword, kothar the barbarian, lemuria, lich, michael wolgemut, moon, nuremberg chronicle, olaus magnus, prester john, satire, st. brendan the navigator, sun, swords, tammaso campanella, the city of the sun, the first kothar the barbarian megapack, the phantom atlas, the states and empires of the sun, ultima thule, voyages to the moon and the sun, waq-waq tree, weapons, wilhelm pleydenwurff, wizards, yarth | 3 Comments

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

Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

A Washed-Up Atlantis

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve started listening to the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby podcast, which I found on Twitter. I have a lot to catch up on, but I did listen to some of the most recent installments about Atlantis. As the host … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Ethnicity, Frank Black/Black Francis, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Technology, Theosophy, William Shakespeare | Tagged al franken, archaeology, aryans, athens, atlantis, atlantis: the antediluvian world, baal-seepa, bible, critias, david m. parry, demons, devadatta, donovan, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, edgar cayce, euhemerism, flood, francis bacon, genesis, glinda of oz, green dragon of atlantis, helena blavatsky, hyperborea, ignatius donnelly, iron age, king midas, let's talk about myths baby, liv albert, lord of the dark face, nazis, neolithic era, numenor, plato, pseudoscience, racism, robert e. howard, sauron, siddharta gautama, silenus, sir arthur conan doyle, sir thomas more, slavery, table of nations, the maracot deep, the scarlet empire, thevetat, timaeus, utopia | 5 Comments

We’re on a Road to Numenor

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Nathan

The Desolations of Devil’s Acre, by Ransom Riggs – The sixth and final (at least for now) book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series takes place when the resurrected Caul, Miss Peregrine’s evil brother, is using his power to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Magic, Mythology, Punch-Out, Street Fighter, Television, Video Games | Tagged atlantis, beowulf, christopher tolkien, desus nice, evil, god-level knowledge darts, hengist, horsa, middle-earth, miss peregrine's home for peculiar children, morgoth, numenor, ransom riggs, sauron, space trilogy, street fighter ii, the desolation of devil's acre, the lost road, the silmarillion, time travel | 1 Comment

Save Our Symbols

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve recently heard about white supremacist groups co-opting the A-OK finger symbol, which hardly seems fair to the rest of us. If they want to steal it, why should they just be able to get away with it? We can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Satanism, Theosophy, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged adolf hitler, anton lavey, aryans, atlantis, classical elements, donald trump, eliphas levi, goats, heimdall, isis, jesus, manji, nazis, pentagram, racism, satan, stars, swastika, symbolism, terrorism, the legend of zelda | 6 Comments

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

The Provolone Ranger – I distinctly remember this being the first Super Show episode I ever saw, and I don’t even think I had a Nintendo or was that familiar with Mario at the time. The usual suspects are riding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alcatraz, aqua land, atlantis, baseball, birdo, bloopers, clawgrip, cobrats, coney island, cookoo bird, cyclone, danny wells, double cross ranch, escape from koopatraz, flatbush koopa, french, fungusville, goldfish, goodbye mr. fish, gramps, joe bellan, karen hartman, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopatraz state prison, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the deep, mermaids, mouser, mrs. gamliss, mrs. periwinkle, mush ridge, mushroom kingdom, nedra volz, neptune, ostros, phantos, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, pronto, ratigator, shy guys, statue of liberty, super mario bros. 3, swordfish, the lone ranger, the provolone ranger, toad, toads, tommy lasagna, tommy lasorda, tonto, trouters, two bums from brooklyn, whales | 2 Comments

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