Tag Archives: faust

Demagication

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Nathan

One theme that shows up a fair amount in the Oz books is that of someone’s magical powers being removed, although the circumstances aren’t always the same. The first occasion of this is in The Marvelous Land of Oz, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Edward Einhorn, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, balthasar the boarceror, blinkie, bungle and the magic lantern of oz, dr. pipt, ducks, faust, flatheads, glinda, glinda of oz, gorba, grampa, grampa in oz, greg gick, kalidahs, king solomon, lonesome duck, memory, mice, mombi, nome king, pastoria, pigs, quox, rora flathead, scarecrow, sultan of samandra, supreme dictator of the flatheads, sure cure for everything, the living house of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, witches, wizard of oz, wizards | Leave a comment

Dog and Pony Shows

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Nathan

Here are my thoughts on three movies and three television shows, with SPOILERS for all of them. Phantom of the Paradise – Brian De Palma’s campy 1974 rock musical is mostly a take on The Phantom of the Opera, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Food, Gender, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Star Wars, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Toys, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a new hope, adrienne barbeau, allan sherman, augie doggie, bail organa, barney rubble, boo boo bear, brian de palma, captain caveman, cindy bear, danny devito, darth vader, doggie daddy, faust, fred flintstone, goober and the ghost chasers, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, huckleberry hound, jabberjaw, james earl jones, jamie lee curtis, janet leigh, jellystone, jerry springer, jerry springer fights camera action, jessica harper, John Carpenter, jonny quest, loopy de loop, magilla gorilla, my little pony, my little pony the movie, obi-wan kenobi, oprah winfrey, peter potamus, phantom of the paradise, princess leia, quick draw mcgraw, raspberry rover, richard dominick, satan, scooby-doo, shazzan, smooze, snagglepuss, solo a star wars story, the fog, the hillbilly bears, the phantom of the opera, the picture of dorian gray, tom atkins, tony randall, top cat, touche turtle, vivien lyra blair, wally gator, william finley, wilma flintstone, yogi bear | Leave a comment

Hell No, We Won’t Go!

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Nathan

I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I can see the appeal of it, because I’m kind of afraid of no longer existing. I think it’s what’s going to happen, and I won’t care afterwards, but it bothers me on … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Humor, Judaism, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged afterlife, bible, charles gounod, dante alighieri, divine comedy, eternity, faust, folklore, gehenna, hades, heaven, hel, hell, henrik ibsen, inferno, jack o' lantern, jesus, john milton, lobo, mephistopheles, paradise lost, peer gynt, plains of asphodel, satan, sheol, stingy jack, tantalus, tartarus | Leave a comment

The Art of the Infernal Deal

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Nathan

I can’t say I totally buy the trope of deals with the Devil. If you actually believe in Satan, you presumably also believe in all the Heaven and Hell stuff, and is there any case where being tortured eternally is … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Focus on the Foes, Fundamentalism, History, Jack Chick, Magic, Mythology, Plays, Politics, Religion, Urban Legends | Tagged contracts, donald trump, faust, folklore, heaven, hell, johann georg faust, johann wolfgang von goethe, repentance, satan, simon magus, sin, souls, st. theophilus of adana, tricksters | 2 Comments

Laughing at Legends

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Nathan

Three more Tom Holt books this time: Grailblazers – I think this one is a clear improvement over the last few Holt books, showing the author honing his style. As usual, it focuses on one element of folklore, in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Norse, Tom Holt, Uncategorized | Tagged atlantis, faust, faust among equals, freyr, grailblazers, helen of troy, holy grail, jesus, king arthur, last supper, odds and gods, odin, osiris, pan, santa claus, simon magus, thor, unicorns | 2 Comments

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