We come from the land of the ice and snowFrom the midnight sun where the hot springs flowThe hammer(?) of the godsWill drive our ships to new landsTo fight the horde, sing and cryValhalla, I am coming- Immigrant Song / Led Zeppelin While listening to Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song on endless loop, I began to […]
Category: Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros
María Elena Velasco (La India Maria) was born in Puebla, Mexico’s 4th largest city. Let’s take a closer look. Puebla is a city in east-central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. It’s known for its culinary history, colonial architecture and pottery. The painted Talavera tiles adorning numerous buildings are locally produced. The Renaissance-era Puebla Cathedral has […]
Just to Review…. Let’s take a deeper dive…. The Unwelcome and Unexpected Psychopomp Your old high school football coach…. The Scary Clown The Elementary School Librarian The Perplexing and Baffling Psychopomp Dang…. when I was kickin’, I really, really liked Chick-fil-A & KFC. Kangaroo Transport The Impersonal Psychopomp The Sigh-of-Relief Psychopomp The Abulita! The WLBOTT […]
Yesterday we were talking about the Netflix series Kaos, and the mythical figure of Cassandra. We included a painting of Cassandra by English Symbolism painter Evelyn De Morgan. Selected Works of Evelyn De Morgan Symbolism Evelyn De Morgan’s paintings have been described as an example of the late 19th century art movement called Symbolism. Hugo […]
Kaos is a new 8-episode series on Netflix. WLBOTT Ministry of Virtue and ViceNot for the children. Maybe not for some adults. There is violence. There is gender-bending. There is satire of organized religion. Although not graphically explicit, there are scenes that imply animal cruelty. Kaos is an unusually creative and though-provoking fantasy. Set in […]
How Old is Sekhmet? HistoryThe first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet has been found in mortuary complex of Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt [25th century BC]. She seems to have been a comparatively minor figure in the old kingdom becoming much more significant in the new kingdom. Wikipedia Comparative scholarshipIn the 1960s […]
WLBOTT: So, G. Are you familiar with the novel The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson? Elder G: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: it’s a thought-provoking climate fiction novel that imagines a near future where a UN agency, the “Ministry for the Future,” is created to represent future generations […]