I’m wishing a very happy International Women’s Day to all my women readers and bloggers today. In the spirit of the holiday, I was contemplating what I could write for the blog that would celebrate women both as creators and within the literature I love. I had a couple different ideas from highlighting strong female … More International Women’s Day Recommendation: Brazen by Penelope Bagieu
Japan Powered recounts one story about a curious thing that happened to a logger out in the forest: “One day a logger was going about his work. Since logging is an exhausting business, seeing as how this was Edo period Japan and the chainsaw hadn’t been invented yet, the man decides to take a short … More October Mythology Special: Jorogumo/Tsuchigumo and Indigenous History
The creation of artificial human life has long been connected to alchemy and can be traced back to the first recorded recipe for creating a Homunculus in an Arabic work titled The Book of the Cow. So what does an aspiring alchemist need in order to create artificial life? Well, according to this book you’ll … More October Mythology Special: Homunculi and Alchemy
“About 600 years ago, a warrior was fleeing forces from the south when he discovered and befriended two six-year-old brothers. The oldest brother came down with a deadly illness, and succumbed after swearing to protect his home – the land of Ryokufuso Inn. When the owners and visitors of Ryokufuso Inn began noticing strange occurrences … More October Mythology Special: Zashiki Warashi
Welcome back to another installment of The Mythology of Ancient Magus Bride, where we take a look at the origins behind many of our favorite characters and smaller aspects of the show. As you know from my previous two posts, the mangaka Kore Yamazaki, loved to pull from various mythology in her construction of this … More The Mythology of Ancient Magus’ Bride: Part 3 (Enchanted Animal Pelts and more…)
Welcome back to another installment of my new multi-part series where we look at the mythology behind Ancient Magus’ Bride. … More The Mythology of Ancient Magus’ Bride: Part 2 (What Exactly Is Elias and more…)
The more I looked into it, the more I found that at one point in time American romance comics used to be, and in some cases still are, the most popular comics ever sold. So what happened? … More How American Romance Comics Died a Slow Death and No One Seemed to Care
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