Of Epic Proportions:
A Blog on Myth and Mankind

"I long to learn the songs the demons sing as they swoop between the stars, or hear the voices of the olden gods as they whisper their secrets to the echoing void." - Robert Bloch

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ereshkigal: Ishtar’s Big Sister

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This post is dedicated to Alexis, so that you can “know what you don’t already know.” While not nearly as famous as her younger fertility g...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Ishtar: The Lady of Heaven

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Ishtar, also called Inanna, is the “Lady of Heaven,” a goddess of fertility, love, and war. She was the patron goddess of the city of Uruk, ...

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Monsters of Legend: Bigfoot

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Never fear, new posts are coming. But until then, check this out. Brought to you by MSN Video and The History Channel, this is just one of f...

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Monday, July 21, 2008

The Tall Tales of Rabbah bar Bar Hana

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Complied at the end of the 6th-Century C.E., the Babylonian Talmud is one of the major religious texts used by all practicing Jews today. M...

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

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“We die – and the world will be poorer for it.”, laments elven Prince Nuada, towards the end of Hellboy II: The Golden Army . The “we” he is...

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Justin M...: ...has a BA and MA in Religious Studies from UNC Charlotte. This blog, Of Epic Proportions, was used as an outlet for his research into realms of religion and popular-culture during his time as an undergrad at UNCC and is currently no longer active. Since then Justin has spoken at the 2010 North Carolina Religious Studies Association and the American Academy of Religion in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. In 2018 he served as part of the AAR steering committee on religion and monsters. Just has also published several essays on the subjects of H.P. Lovecraft, Star Wars, Japanese kaiju movies, My Little Pony and cryptozoology from the perspective of a religious studies scholar. Justin's complete CV and a sample of his publish research can be found here: https://uncc.academia.edu/JustinMullis

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