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

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Men of Metal: Mini Cooper Robots Attack!

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Having recently done a post dealing with robots, religion, and mythology I've decided to follow it up with, what else, more robots. I wa...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

“Ave Machina! Deus Est Machina!!”

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Raise your hand if you remember Power Rangers … Ok, now raise your hand if you still watch Power Rangers … Ok, you don’t really have to answ...

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Yamata no Orochi: In Legend and on Film

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The Yamata no Orochi is a legendary dragon from Japanese mythology. Described as a beast so gigantic that a cedar forest grew on its back th...

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

R.I.P. John A. Keel

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I just learned that amongst the recent string of celebrity deaths experienced these past few weeks that writer John A. Keel has also died (...

Monday, June 29, 2009

The Lizard-Man of Lee County

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It was on this date twenty-one years ago that a local legend was born here in swamps of the Carolinas. The Lizard-Man of Lee County, South C...

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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for his research into realms of religion and popular-culture during his time as an undergrad at UNCC and is currently no longer active.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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