mythology

5 min read 2022-06-23 05:09:00

Ceres Fauna's New Age cyber-world, and the appeal of Vtubers in a disintegrating society

I wrote a tribute song about one of my favorite streamers, but I realized that readers here may not know about her, or Vtubers in general. So before

5 min read 2022-06-18 21:43:55

“These, Gentleman, are the opinions on which I base my facts” – Winston Churchill Breaking news! When someone tells you how paranormal

1 min read 2022-06-08 18:19:42

Niflheim was colder than cold, and the murky mist that cloaked everything hung heavily. The skies were hidden by mist and the ground was clouded by

8 min read 2022-06-06 03:27:36

The Pyre of Denethor This articles continues a series of discussions (Part 1, Part 2) about the modern world through the lens of Tolkien’s

1 min read 2022-06-04 18:15:53

Fox meat and coyote bones and deer hearts black as secrets. Catherynne M Valente, Six-Gun Snow White [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local

6 min read 2022-06-03 16:00:00

Boise, ID. Unlike The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien never finished The Silmarillion. He initially set out to write an epic mythology for England

1 min read 2022-05-28 18:29:47

Haiti was the only place in the world with a widespread belief in zombies. And what the dead need when they return to the world of the living is sea

4 min read 2022-05-20 18:51:58

by A.P. David Unlike Socrates, Plato wrote—and wrote and wrote. This was a man who said, on a rare occasion in the first person, that his

1 min read 2022-05-19 18:23:24

This beautiful boy would be bound to return her love. Cosmos and creation would not make sense otherwise. Of course, you and I know that Cosmos and

3 min read 2022-05-16 07:14:27

Written by Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom "Sing, O Muse, of the man of many devices..." Line one of the

2 min read 2022-05-10 08:44:00

This is such a stunning cover! Props to the designer of it--there's so much to see the more you look. It gives some hints as to the plot of The

5 min read 2022-05-09 02:15:57

By Peter Marshall, Contributing Writer, Ancient Origins "Poseidonthe great godI begin to sing, he who moves the earthand the desolate

1 min read 2022-04-28 03:15:45

“Henceforth I have no secrets from thee, Wagner,” was the answer, while the stranger’s eyes gleamed with unearthly luster; then, bending

4 min read 2022-04-22 02:36:04

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom He was one of the first generation of mortals, and his offense against the Olympian Gods led

5 min read 2022-04-20 21:20:42

“Aaron Jason” Leitch reviews Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Century [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by