First, I read this book in a day and put off my own writing to finish it. Athena's Child is Hannah Lynn's retelling of the Medusa myth from (mostly) Medusa's point of view. Medusa is a beautiful and completely mortal girl whose parents differ on what's best for her fourteen year old self. Her mother… Continue reading Review: Athena’s Child by Hannah Lynn
Tag: Mythology
Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
I received an ARC of this novel through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I think by now we all know I love a good retold myth, and that Medusa is one of my favorite figures in any mythological cycle. I would've been interested in a Perseus novel based purely on those two criteria.… Continue reading Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Review: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
I admit the cover for this one caught my attention immediately. Just lovely. I LOVED this book. If you like Norse mythology and/or witchy novels, go get this immediately. The only reason I wasn't done in a day was I started reading it on a family vacation, which meant putting it down to do silly… Continue reading Review: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Medusa Redux
Remember how I said we're going back to regularly scheduled programming? Here we go...and since this isn't a funny post feel free to skip it. I won't be offended. Since I reacted strongly on both Twitter and Facebook to this issue recently, it seems worth a full comment. I wrote about Medusa a while ago,… Continue reading Medusa Redux
Myths and Monsters: Medusa
This one is cross-posted from No Pithy Phrase. I've been drawn to mythology since I was little: all the best fireside stories are myths and fairy tales. When I was young it was the tragedy, the romance, the magic of it all that captured my heart. Now that I'm older, it's not only those (because… Continue reading Myths and Monsters: Medusa
Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
I have some educational background in mythology, so I'll usually give anything Illiad or Odyssey themed a chance. I'm a fan of Greek myths because they're so varied: Greek deities of all levels are a tapestry of virtues and flaws that more accurately reflect the capriciousness of an immortal being's attention to humans. I also… Continue reading Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
The Moral of the Story: Never Enter A Battle Of Wits with a Welsh Grandma?
Not all myths are heroic journeys or great love stories. Sometimes, a simple scene houses a battle of wits. And sometimes, the small battles have long consequences. I found this while looking up a town in Wales because of a Netflix show. I do adore wise woman tales.A thousand years ago, the Devil decided to… Continue reading The Moral of the Story: Never Enter A Battle Of Wits with a Welsh Grandma?
Mythic Monday: Scylla and Charybdis Part 2
"You will find the other rock lies lower, but they are so close together that there is not more than a bow-shot between them. A large fig tree in full leaf grows upon it, and under it lies the sucking whirlpool of Charybdis. Three times in the day does she vomit forth her waters, and… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Scylla and Charybdis Part 2
Mythic Monday: Scylla & Charybdis Part 1
At some point in life, most people are forced to choose between two options knowing that regardless which is chosen, they'll lose. In current linguistic idiom, there are a few phrases that properly convey an impossible choice: the lesser of two evils, a rock and a hard place, the devil and the deep blue sea… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Scylla & Charybdis Part 1
Mythic Monday: Hades and Cerberus…A God and his Dog
Double dose this week (it's a long post to make up for missing last week). This is not a post about Death, or the afterlife, or heaven and hell. This is a post about a lonely god. Before Zeus and his siblings took over Olympus, they were all swallowed whole at the moment of their birth… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Hades and Cerberus…A God and his Dog
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