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Tag Archives: freyja
Where a God Can Be a Kid
The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption, by James Branch Cabell – The follow-up to Figures of Earth has a lot of characters, with the focus on the Order of the Silver Stallion, the knights appointed by the late Manuel … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mythology, Names, Native American, Norse, october daye, Percy Jackson, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Slavic, William Shakespeare
Tagged a clash of kings, a song of ice and fire, annabeth chase, biography of the life of manuel, cait sith, fairies, freyja, ganymede, george r.r. martin, grover underwood, hebe, iris, james branch cabell, kalki, koschei the deathless, leshy, nereids, nymphs, odin, pleiades, poictesme, reynard the fox, romeo and juliet, sleep no more, tezcatlipoca, the chalice of the gods, the innocent sleep, the silver stallion, titania, toupan, valhalla, yaotl
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The St. Lucy Show
We watched a Morbid Anatomy lecture by Eric Huang from Saint Podcast about St. Nicholas, and how he developed into the modern Santa Claus, something I’ve written about before. I knew that it isn’t agreed upon that Nicholas was even … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Christmas, Chronicles of Narnia, Food, History, Holidays, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire
Tagged a visit from st nicholas, arthur j. stansbury, befana, cats, clement moore, council of nicaea, donkeys, emperor diocletian, epiphany, eric huang, father christmas, freyja, julian calendar, king herod the great, lucy pevensie, lussekatter, lussi, morbid anatomy, nisser, paschasius, perchta, podcasts, reindeer, saint podcast, santa claus, st. lucy of syracuse, st. lucy's day, st. nicholas, star boys, the children's friend, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, trolls, winter solstice, witches
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Nibbles of Nibelungs
Although I’ve been interested in classical mythology for most of my life, it was really Final Fantasy VI that made me want to check out the Teutonic hero Siegfried, a mysterious character in the game possibly intended to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Comics, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Poetry, Video Games
Tagged alberich, andvari, anna russell, attila the hun, brunhilda, burgundians, der ring des nibelungen, donner, dragons, dwarves, fafnir, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, freyja, giants, gibichungs, gilgamesh, gudrun, hagen, huns, idun, ildico, king gunther, king sigebert, kriemhild, loki, marvel comics, mime, nibelheim, nibelungenlied, nibelungs, niflheim, oberon, opera, prose edda, queen brunhilda of austrasia, regin, richard wagner, siegfried, siegmund, sigurd, sinfljoti, snorri sturluson, thor, valhalla, valkyries, volsunga saga, volsungs, worms, xanten
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Birth of an Imagi-Nation
The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – It’s the eightieth anniversary of the publication of this book, which I used as an excuse to give it a reread. This isn’t really one of my favorites, despite having … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged anuther planet, freyja, ginger, gludwig the glubrious, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, planetty, prince pompadore, pumperdink, racism, rebellion, red jinn, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, thun, vanadium, voral staff
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O Say Can You CPAC?
My original plan was for my next post to be a fun one about the Mario Brothers, but I’m going to write about something scarier than fire-breathing turtle-creatures. CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference (not to be confused with the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Climate, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Language, Mythology, Norse, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Snobbery
Tagged asgard, bible, conservative political action conference, donald trump, extreme vetting, freyja, gospel of matthew, heaven, jesus, loki, milo yiannopoulos, new jerusalem, pearly gates, racism, revelation, richard spencer, st. peter, steve bannon
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Burn Me Thrice, Shame on You
It’s known that there are two distinct groups of gods in Norse mythology as it’s come down to the modern day, the Aesir and the Vanir. That is, if you don’t count the giants, elves, and dwarves, who also frequently … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Etymology, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Poetry
Tagged aesir, aesir-vanir war, angrboda, asgard, freyja, frigg, giants, gullveig, gullveig-heidr, heidi, heidr, joanne m. harris, loki, marvel comics, mimir, poetic edda, surtur, the gospel of loki, thor, vanaheim, vanir, witches
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The Ring Recycled
Expecting Someone Taller, by Tom Holt – Holt has written many books of weird fantasy, science fiction, and satire; but his main thing is bringing a fictional world into the modern one. This was actually his first comic fantasy, based … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, German, Mythology, Norse, Tom Holt
Tagged alberich, der ring des nibelungen, expecting someone taller, freia, freyja, giants, ingolf, loge, loki, malcolm fisher, rhinemaidens, richard wagner, ring cycle, tarnhelm, valkyries, wotan
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The Star-Spangled Man with a Plan
Captain America: The First Avenger – Since I like the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies I’ve seen, I’m trying to catch up on the ones I missed. I have to say I generally wasn’t that keen on the idea of Captain … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged adolf hitler, asgard, captain america, captain america: the first avenger, freyja, guardians of the galaxy, howard stark, iron man, j. jonah jameson, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mary jane watson, nick fury, peggy carter, peter quill, red skull, samuel l. jackson, sgt. fury and his howling commandos, spider-man, superheroes, tesseract, the avengers, world war ii
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Incest and Peppermints
One thing you’ll note if looking at a genealogy of the Greco-Roman gods is that there’s a lot of incest going on in that family. Kronos married his sister Rhea, and their children included Zeus and Hera, who also married … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Christianity, Egyptian, Families, Genetics, Greek Mythology, Judaism, Kane Chronicles, Mythology, Norse, Percy Jackson, Religion, Rick Riordan, Science
Tagged abraham, adam and eve, aesir, annabeth chase, athena, bible, cain, freyja, freyr, gaea, genesis, giants, hades, hebe, hera, herakles, horus, incest, isis, kronos, monarchy, njord, osiris, ouranos, persephone, rhea, sarah, taboo, vanir, zeus
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An Odd Tale
Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman – I’ll admit I haven’t really researched this, but I have to suspect there aren’t that many children’s books based on Norse mythology. So I have to give props to Gaiman’s book, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Mythology, Norse
Tagged brett helquist, freyja, giants, loki, neil gaiman, odd and the frost giants, odin, thor
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