Tag Archives: #mythology

Anonymous

Posted on January 14, 2021 by d4vid

If I were Lawful Evil, I would write a tome debunking the QAnon connections with the Star Wars mythology and, thus, cement the QAnon connections with the Star Wars mythology.

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Orfeo

Posted on November 10, 2019 by d4vid

Somehow, either leaving the plane or leaving the train, I seem to have misplaced my Bose noise-cancelling headphones.  Ugh.  I had to go to this underground Apple Store—descending like Orpheus into Hell—just to buy ear buds with a Lightning plug.

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Oink

Posted on February 5, 2019 by d4vid

恭喜发财!  新年快乐! Today is Lunar New Year and, according to the Chinese zodiac, the start of the Year of the Pig! According to the Chinese myth, animals raced to the Jade Emperor’s call and the order in which they arrived are … Continue reading →

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Remembrance

Posted on February 2, 2019 by d4vid

At one point, Kvothe from The Kingkiller Chronicle says he has been given “a memory so clean and sharp I have to be careful not to cut myself sometimes.” Mnemosyne was the Greek goddess of memory.  She was daughter of the Titans … Continue reading →

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Antaean

Posted on January 30, 2019 by d4vid

In Greek mythology, Antaeus was the son of Poseidon and Gaia.  He could never be defeated in wrestling because every time he was thrown to the ground, contact with his mother, the earth, revitalized him.  (Heracles was the one who … Continue reading →

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Autochthonous II

Posted on November 26, 2018 by d4vid

Please forgive the messiness of this mind-dump, but my time in Australia and Thanksgiving has got me thinking a lot about indigenity. and “settler colonialism“.  I found these quotes from a piece on decolonization illuminating: “Indigenous peoples are those who … Continue reading →

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Walkabout

Posted on November 17, 2018 by d4vid

Well, my walkabout in Australia has come to an end. My drive from Sydney to Canberra to Melbourne to Uluru to Alice Springs totaled about 3700 kilometers (roughly 2300 miles) which is like driving from L.A. to Detroit or New … Continue reading →

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Thoth

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

I’m no Brolga, but this is how I feel around many of my friends. (I think this bird is an Australian white ibis, much like the African sacred ibis which is associated with the bird-headed Egyptian god Thoth.)

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Central

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

Like in London, Sydney’s central park is Hyde Park. Jacarandas! In November! Love it!A statue of Captain Cook. I wonder if he looked this cocky when the Hawaiians killed him. (One theory is that they thought he was an incarnation … Continue reading →

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Buddy

Posted on November 9, 2018 by d4vid

My sister once told me, “I know Orion!  He’s my buddy!  He comes out for my birthday!”  Nice to see something familiar in a usually unfamiliar sky.

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Sacred

Posted on November 8, 2018 by d4vid

Uluru is sacred to the local Aṉangu tribe, the Pitjantjatjara people, and the site’s creation & texture are accounted for in their myths.A chain was hammered into the rock in 1964 to aid Westerners in climbing to the top, even though climbing … Continue reading →

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Mogwai

Posted on February 23, 2017 by d4vid

A Chinese friend of mine likes the Scottish band Mogwai.  The band named themselves after the creatures in the American film Gremlins.  The creatures in the movie, in turn, were based on 魔鬼 (móguǐ) meaning “monster” or “evil spirit” or … Continue reading →

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Ambush

Posted on February 19, 2017 by d4vid

Some public places in China have an “English Corner” where people come to practice their English skills. I inadvertently stumbled on Hangzhou’s English Corner. I was ambushed by a dozen Hangzhou residents who wanted to talk.  Don’t want to get … Continue reading →

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Fontana

Posted on December 23, 2016 by d4vid

The famous Trevi fountain was completed in 1762 but has a much longer, more complicated history.  Trevi or “tre vie” was the junction of three roads at the end of the ancient Roman aqueduct of Acqua Vergine named, according to legend, for … Continue reading →

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Achievement II

Posted on December 16, 2016 by d4vid

I’ve unlocked another achievement.  While in China, I saw The Great Wall.  No, not that one.  The movie. It’s about Jason Bourne (doing a sketchy Irish accent) and Oberyn Martell in China defending the Great Wall like it’s Helm’s Deep. … Continue reading →

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