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TarkabarkaHolgy

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social

Professional storyteller and author from Hungary. MA in Archaeology, MA in Storytelling, PhD in Culture Studies. I write about folktales, folklore, mythology, representation, role-playing games, and nerdy things. She/her
#ttrpg #folklore #mythology #storytelling #archaeology #fedi22
Hobbies and interests include #crochet, #beading, #archery, #travel, and #geology

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Sign-ups for the April A to Z Blogging Challenge are now open!

You can find all the info here:
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2024/03/official-2024-atozchallenge-blog-hop.html

You can fill out the sign-up form here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbppTQWZQNTQe-QOJ7nbRciJ0CTLCsnKTdK4fmNC0R337f7g/viewform

You can see the list of participants here - we have almost 100 blogs signed up already!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dc7-48_cL9rH4iyffQ4NRcv94TZjhm9RSdzLNXTahQk/edit#gid=1600465001

There is still time to jump in and join the fun :) We start on Monday!

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@belchion A on April 1st, B on April 2nd. etc. Skipping Sundays.

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17.
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - by Svetlana Alexievich

Alexievich is a Nobel Laureate mostly known for "Voices from Chernobyl", but her other books are great too. In this one she interviewed hundreds of women who fought in WWII in the Soviet army, or as partisans.
This one a difficult read, with a lot of dark stories. But it is very much worth reading.

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16.
Dorothy Parker: What fresh hell is this? - by Marion Meade

I really enjoyed the collection of Dorothy Parker's short stories, so I decided to read her biography. It was fascinating and often amusing, although in a slightly different way than I'd expected.
Dear Dorothy was a hot mess. In all the best and worst ways possible.

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This one arrived yesterday 😊 Looking forward to reading it!

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First name: Mom
Last name: MOOOOOM

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was not written by a chemist and it absolutely shows...

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@Starry1086 The book wasn't written by a chemist either, but I haven't read it

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Today's theme is metalworking. Coincidentally I was digging into the myth of Hephaestos, and came up with some tidbits.

When Zeus threw Hephaestos off Olympos (to punish him for trying to shield Hera from his wrath), the blacksmith god landed on the island of Lemnos and broke his leg.

The fun bit is, apparently the island was inhabited by fearsome pirates. They nursed Hephaestos back to health and gave him a home.

I want "Hephaestos and the pirates" to be a thing 😄

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Philostratus keeps on giving:

A huge part of the book is about Palamedes, the Greek hero who got himself completely written out of the Iliad.
For dissing Odysseus too much.

No wonder Odysseus was pissed, there are some great one-liners in there :D

Oh, and the guy invented writing, numbers, and dice. In case you needed a patron of players.

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I'm reading Philostratus' "On Heroes", and it's delightful. It is an alternate history of the Trojan War, but the best part is the frame story:

The whole thing is told by an old gardener who is on friendly terms with the ghost of a Greek hero who fell at Troy. The gardener works the fields around the grave, and the hero visits him quite often to chat, do some hoeing, and occasionally exercise. Oh and he is fifteen feet tall.

I want this to be a webcomic

TarkabarkaHolgy, to books Hungarian
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15.
The fossil hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World - by Shelley Emling

This is a biography of pioneering paleontologist and fossil hunter Mary Anning, who is credited with discovering the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons. Her discoveries contributed a lot to the science of paleontology - and her life was fascinating in all kinds of ways.

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14.
Wonderful ​Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands - by Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole was a Jamaican woman, trained in medicine by her doctor mother. She wanted to join Florence Nightingale in nursing soldiers during the Crimean War, but she was not accepted. So instead, she traveled to the front on her own and put up an inn where she made food and sold drinks, and regularly walked to the trenches to tend to the wounded.

TarkabarkaHolgy, to books Hungarian
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Apparently there will be a new Neverending Story movie. Or movies. And once again, a buch of new people are discovering that The Neverending Story is a book 😄😄

TarkabarkaHolgy,
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@jsiehler I have that one too!

TarkabarkaHolgy, to movies Hungarian
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My dad went to the movies and accidentally caught the Bob Marley movie... dubbed.
Into Hungarian.

I don't think he'll ever recover.

😅😅

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I am barely ready for this year's A to Z Blogging, but I am already super excited for next year's theme 😅

I just decided that I'll do another reading challenge - reading 26 epics about women.

And yes, I already have a list. 26 traditional epics with female protagonists from around the world.

Hopefully a year will be enough to read all of them 😄

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13.
The lady and the octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology - by Dana Staaf

A colorful, fascinating book about the French scientist (1794–1871) who invented aquariums. We learn about her experiments in Italy, her inventions to make observations easier, and ther theories about the age-old mystery of the paper nautilus and its self-grown shell.

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12.
The ​Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

Le Brun (1755–1842) was a painter whose works still hang in galleries around the world, including the British National Gallery & the Louvre. She was the portrait painter of Marie Antoinette before she fled to Italy and then to Russia from the Revolution, leaving an abusive husband behind.

Her memoirs are entertaining and witty, showing a glimpse at the life of a remarkable woman.

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11.
The lady and the sharks - by Eugenie Clark

A fun memoir by the famous ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, best known for her work with sharks. I loved reading her memories of establishing a research center, designing experiments to test shark intelligence, and diving in all kinds of places (including sink holes). Also, the details of raising children as a marine scientist.

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I just found out that there is an entire folktale type where a husband (going on a long journey) asks Satan to guard his wife's modesty. The devil spends the rest of the story chasing and scaring various lovers away, until he gives up the task as hopeless.

Is it just me, or would this be a great premise for a supernatural romance story 🤣🤣

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@skjeggtroll obviously 🤣

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10.
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis - by Kim Todd

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) was a scientific illustrator and naturalist, still known today for her wonderful illustrations of the life cycle of butterflies and other insects. She was the first to draw them in context of their food plants, observing the process of metamorphosis.

The book traces her life and travels, in Europe and in South America.

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Crowdsource: name movie (or TV) scenes where someone assumes a person will be unattractive / horrible, and then the person walks in and turns out to be stunning.

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@EarthySofa awesome thank you!

TarkabarkaHolgy, to blogging
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People keep telling me blogging is dead / dying / for old people, but I'm still enjoying it a lot.

If you'd like to join the April A to Z Challenge, here are some reasons:

🌞 A lot of bloggers join, and we all visit each other through April (and beyond)

🌞 People do fascinating themes

🌞 I always come across a lot of blogs I would not have found otherwise, and topics I didn't know could be so interesting

More on the main blog:
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2024/03/theme-reveal-atozchallenge-2024-bloghop.html

TarkabarkaHolgy,
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@PamPortlandWriter @CoinOfNote Theme reveal is an ongoing thing between the 10th and the 16th. If you are doing a theme (not everyone does), you can add the link to the Theme Reveal list and visit others who are revealing ahead of April what they will be posting about :)

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