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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: April 2015
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Review of "Desert of Souls" by Howard Andrew Jones. As in many novels revolving around Middle Eastern mythology, the Jinn are a malevolent force here. Key mythology points from the legends, including the story of the lost city of Ubar. That uses a medieval Arabian setting for a sword and sorcery epic. The novel has the amount of violence most fans of traditional fantasy wo...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: February 2015
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Saturday, February 28, 2015. A Bureaucracy of Magic: A Review of The Bartimaeus Trilogy. Trilogy', featuring the wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus. Stroud also uses some of the traditional subdivisions of Jinn into ‘ Afrit. And ‘ Marid. The history of the ancient Middle East is delved into, with references to King Solomon. Monday, February 9, 2015. In a near-future city, Arab-Indian hacker Alif (the fi...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: August 2014
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Monday, August 25, 2014. Karkadann: Persia's Killer Unicorn. It's thought that the origins of the Karkadann legend might come from exaggerated versions of real-life encounters with the Indian rhinoceros. Or even ancestral memories of an extinct animal known as the Elasmotherium. Then there's the theory that the myth of the Karkadann arose from a view of the Arabian oryx. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: June 2015
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Friday, June 12, 2015. Review of "The Wrath and the Dawn" by Renee Ahdieh. The Wrath and the Dawn. Is a YA retelling of 1001 Arabian Nights. Or, I should say, a retelling of the Arabian Nights. The nesting tall tales that the original is famous for take a back seat to the main story, a romance between the latest bride Shahrzad. As is evident from the thumbnail, the book's cover is gorgeous, and I had...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: May 2015
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Sunday, May 17, 2015. Review of "Hearts Before Diamonds" by Bryan Fields. A rollicking tale of adventure and love set in an alternate steampunk Asia, "Hearts Before Diamonds". References to Hindu deities, as well as Muslim concepts of the Jinn, are utilized in the story. Surprise twists are sprinkled throughout, and in a refreshing change, both class issues and sexual orientation are brought into...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: Review of "Desert of Souls" by Howard Andrew Jones
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Review of "Desert of Souls" by Howard Andrew Jones. As in many novels revolving around Middle Eastern mythology, the Jinn are a malevolent force here. Key mythology points from the legends, including the story of the lost city of Ubar. That uses a medieval Arabian setting for a sword and sorcery epic. The novel has the amount of violence most fans of traditional fantasy wo...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: Review of "The Wrath and the Dawn" by Renee Ahdieh
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Friday, June 12, 2015. Review of "The Wrath and the Dawn" by Renee Ahdieh. The Wrath and the Dawn. Is a YA retelling of 1001 Arabian Nights. Or, I should say, a retelling of the Arabian Nights. The nesting tall tales that the original is famous for take a back seat to the main story, a romance between the latest bride Shahrzad. As is evident from the thumbnail, the book's cover is gorgeous, and I had...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: March 2014
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Saturday, March 29, 2014. Like Drops Through the Water Clock: Ancient Time-Telling Inventions. While the hourglass and the sundial are familiar pre-industrial inventions in the West for telling time, a different device in the ancient Middle East, the water clock, used the power of water to measure units of time. Modifying it to make it more accurate. A picture I took inside the dried up shaft of a qa...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: July 2015
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Monday, July 13, 2015. The Emerald Studded Sword of Ancient Persia. The emerald-studded sword, is mentioned in the Persian epic of Amir Arsalan. In the story, Fulad-zereh. A giant horned Ifrit. Is led astray from his duties as head general to the King of the Peri by his fondness for beautiful women. In love with the queen, he takes advantage of the King's death to turn the heir to the Peri. A shamshi...
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف: The Emerald Studded Sword of Ancient Persia
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Mountains of Qaf جبال القاف. An exploration of myth, legend and the occult in the Middle East and beyond. Monday, July 13, 2015. The Emerald Studded Sword of Ancient Persia. The emerald-studded sword, is mentioned in the Persian epic of Amir Arsalan. In the story, Fulad-zereh. A giant horned Ifrit. Is led astray from his duties as head general to the King of the Peri by his fondness for beautiful women. In love with the queen, he takes advantage of the King's death to turn the heir to the Peri. A shamshi...
