March 28th, 1643 – The Earl of Derby leads his Royalist army in another attempt to drive the Parliamentarians out of Bolton. This attack was Continue reading
TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES/JENNIES
Location: Warrensburg, MO
Conference Affilliation: MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.ucmo.edu/athletics/index.cfm
Comment: Straight from the show- me state! The women’s teams are called the Jennies which is also incredibly cool. You can Continue reading
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PULP HEROES: THE FIRST SILVER JOHN STORY
Here is my synopsis of the first Silver John story. I’ll be adding the rest of the stories and vignettes before moving on to the novels. For background info on the pulp hero called Silver John click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/03/17/sneak-preview-of-my-pulp-hero-page-first-up-silver-john/
***O, UGLY BIRD! – The Silver John short stories debuted with this eerie tale that nicely establishes the Continue reading
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CLAYTON STATE LAKERS WIN NCAA DIVISION 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
These Lakers may not have a Zen Master for a coach but they know how to win a championship game. The Clayton State Lakers won the women’s D2 title with a comfortable 69-50 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Lakers Continue reading
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VIETNAMESE MYTH 2 PAGE UPDATED: PART 6 OF A WAR BETWEEN GODS
Here is the sixth chapter of the epic myth A War Between Gods, complete with another of my pet theories in comparative mythology. For all the chapters plus Vietnamese gods and goddesses click here: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-2/
CANTO VI – Thuy Tinh called down the strongest rains and the most furious winds the world had ever seen (but would see many times thereafter). Countless city and country dwellers were drowned in the deluge and rice paddies, dams, residences and estates of the lesser nobles were submerged. Tan Vien and the jungle animals he was the lord of were permtting humans to Continue reading
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BELLARMINE KNIGHTS WIN NCAA DIVISION 2 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bellarmine University Knights won the NCAA Division 2 men’s basketball championship by defeating the BYU-Hawaii Seasiders by a score of 71-68. The final minutes of this thoroughly exciting game became an awkward comedy of errors with turnovers galore by both teams. The Seasiders have Continue reading
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SEASIDERS TO PLAY THE KNIGHTS FOR THE D2 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY
The NCAA Division 2 basketball championship game will be televised on CBS today at 1PM ET. Proving that cool-named teams often have the makings of a champion the BYU-Hawaii Seasiders won their Final Four matchup and will play the Continue reading
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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY
March 26th, 1643 – William Waller and his Parliamentarian forces take the Continue reading
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THE TOP 11 DEITIES IN KOREAN MYTHOLOGY
Korea
As always here at Balladeer’s Blog I like to examine topics that I feel don’t get enough attention. The gods and goddesses of Korea are the topic of this latest article on an underappreciated pantheon of deities. Readers interested in myths from around the world may want to also check out my pages on Navajo, Vietnamese and Bunyoro myths. In addition I have done articles on Shinto mythology – https://glitternight.com/shinto-myth/
Plus a look at Hawaiian mythology – https://glitternight.com/2011/02/20/the-top-eleven-deities-in-hawaiian-mythology/
https://glitternight.com/2011/04/10/the-eleven-most-neglected-deities-in-teutono-norse-mythology/
NEW!!!!!!!! CHOCTAW INDIAN MYTHS – https://glitternight.com/2012/06/03/the-top-twelve-deities-in-choctaw-mythology/
11. IGONG – Also called Hallakkungi, this god tended the Flower Garden Of Life And Death. This garden contained flowers that were really the souls of each person on Earth and Igong oversaw the Continue reading
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RAILSPLITTERS BASEBALL HOLDS ON TO BEAT THE WOLVES 5-4
CARROLLTON, Ga. — Playing each other for the first time since the Railsplitters left the Gulf South Conference, the West Georgia Wolves put on a furious late-inning comeback, but fell just short 5-4 in the first game of a two-day series.
The Wolves got on the scoreboard first as Danny Bodziak scored off a sacrifice fly from Brett Wright in the Continue reading
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