Over on my Substack, I just finished posting my full write-up on Disney's 90s icon of animation Gargoyles. Which you should definitely give a read to learn way more about medieval sculpture than you ever wanted to know…
Tag: Folklore
Show Recommendation —The New Legends of Monkey
…Ahem: Show. Me. The. Monkey!
Music to Write Realmgard to: Regin Smiður — Týr
"Regin is a good smith, But to few is he faithful."
Music to Write Realmgard to: LongMa — Nini
Longma is Chinese for "Dragon Horse", referring to a creature in Chinese mythology that's basically exactly what it sounds like…
Music to Write Realmgard to: Becoming the Dragon — Trivium
"Climb to the falls of Dragon Gate Become Transform from koi into a beast Dragon"
Music to Write Realmgard to: Loreley — Blackmore’s Night
Inspired by last night's Final Jeopardy…
Music to Write Realmgard to: Ghost Riders in the Sky — Johnny Cash
"If you wanna save your soul From hell a-riding on our range Then, Cowboy, change your ways today Or with us you will ride Trying to catch the devil's herd Across these endless skies."
Top Posts of 2024 Countdown: The New Legends of Monkey
This is another post that originated as a Fiction-Atlas giveaway tie-in, specifically for the Gods and Monsters giveaway that bridged the end of 2023 and the start of 2024. And this post does have both those things. Also, monkeys…
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Lullaby of Takeda
There is, as far as I can tell, no connection between the song and famous Takeda clan of Feudal-era Japan. The lullaby and the clan are written differently in Japanese.
Music to Write Realmgard to: Hildebrandslied
So, since we've recently wrapped up Captain Goblinbeard with a heartwarming reunion between a feuding father a child, it seems apropos to take a look at a famous German poem about a feud between another father and child.
