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A Time to Crydee

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Nathan

A Fighting Man of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The fighting man of this story is Tan Hadron, a soldier from Hastor in the Kingdom of Helium. I wonder if the town was named after Hastur, a character used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, barsoom, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Crusades, edgar rice burroughs, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, History, Holy Roman Empire, Judaism, Magic, Maps, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Sierra, Video Games | Tagged a fighting man of mars, ambrose bierce, apes, baudolino, blemmyae, charlemagne, cranes, crydee, cynocephali, dwarves, elves, emperor frederick barbarossa, foucault's pendulum, gagliaugo aulari, gondwane, h.p. lovecraft, hastur, holy grail, hypatia, kosmas, krondor, lin carter, magician apprentice, mars, monopods, niketas choneates, ollub vetch, palensus choy, prester john, pumperdink, pygmies, raymond e. feist, relics, riftwar saga, robert chambers, rocs, sambation river, satyrs, sciapods, spiders, tan hadron, ten lost tribes, the habitation of the blessed, the immortal of world's end, the king in yellow, three wise men, trolls, umberto eco, unicorns, william weaver | 1 Comment

It’s Craning Men

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Nathan

When Sorrows Come, by Seanan McGuire – After a lot of build-up throughout the last few books, we finally get to see Toby and Tybalt’s wedding, at the court of the High King of the Divided Courts in Toronto. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Chris Dulabone, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, seanan mcguire, Technology | Tagged abuse, and with reveling, arabian nights, clark ashton smith, cranes, decemberists, doppelgangers, fairies, hippogriffs, jinn, kelly barnhill, kesrick, lin carter, marriage, mombi, ozma, robert e. howard, swords, terra magica, the crane husband, the crane wife, the marvelous land of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the tired tailor of oz, weapons, when sorrows come, wizards | 4 Comments

Some Say It’s True, and Some Say It’s a Fable

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Nathan

Breverton’s Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends, by Terry Breverton – This is a collection of myths and legends, some ancient and others pretty recent. They include people, places, artifacts, and both mythical animals and weird beliefs about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Greek Mythology, Hellenistic Greece, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Jonathan Swift, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Roman, Sesame Street, Television, William Shakespeare | Tagged a link to the past, aesop, ants, bible, breverton's phantasmagoria, cats, chip zdarsky, cranes, demetrius of phalerum, dogs, donkeys, flash thompson, foxes, frogs, gods of pegana, gulliver's travels, hera, hermes, herodotus, in the land of time, in the land of time and other fantasy tales, iron man, jack of hearts, jen again, jeremiah, jorkens, juno, jupiter, lilliput, lions, lord dunsany, luca maresca, mark bagley, mars, mercury, mice, momus, monkeys, peter parker, pliny the elder, poseidon, rainbow rowell, roge antonio, she-hulk, sheep, spider-man, spider-man life story, superheroes, terry breverton, the complete fables, the farmer and the cranes, the frogs asking for a king, the mountain in labor, the tortoise and the hare, the wolf and the lamb, vietnam war, wolves, zeus | 1 Comment

Troglodyte Tuesday

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Nathan

I mentioned in my review of Rick Riordan’s The Tower of Nero that I liked the way it portrayed the troglodytes, and since I don’t think I’ve done it before, I might as well take a look at the origins … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Games, Greek Mythology, Language, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Television, Trials of Apollo, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged abraham, apes, buffalo, chimpanzees, claudius aurelius, cranes, dragon quest iv, dungeons and dragons, ethiopian bulls, flavius josephus, gummi bears, herodotus, horites, jorges luis borges, keturah, lickspittles, munchers, my little pony, pandura, pygmies, sambuca, the immortal, the tower of nero, troggles, troggs, troglodytes | 2 Comments

Sold Short

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Nathan

Mythology and folklore include all kinds of strange beings, including both the very big and the very small. The ancient Greeks wrote of Pygmies, called that because the pygme was a measurement from the wrist to the elbow. This was … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged cranes, dorus, gerada, gulliver's travels, hera, herakles, hercules, jonathan swift, lilliput, oenoe, pygmaeus, pygme, pygmies | 3 Comments

Lend Me Your Coat

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Nathan

The selkies of Irish and Scottish folklore, as mentioned in songs by Frank Black and Tori Amos, are part of a larger tradition of shape-shifting animals marrying humans. The selkies are seal-people who live in the water but occasionally shed … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, British, Celtic, Fairy Tales, Frank Black/Black Francis, Japanese, Music, Mythology, Tori Amos | Tagged cranes, decemberists, seals, selkies, swan maidens, swans, the crane wife | 11 Comments

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A Time to Crydee

It’s Craning Men

Some Say It’s True, and Some Say It’s a Fable

Troglodyte Tuesday

Sold Short

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