tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056598678089546521.post7782618440251120033..comments2024-02-05T20:24:35.605+01:00Comments on Malin's Blog of Books: CBR3 Book 51: "The Red Pyramid" by Rick RiordanMalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17343500310968022313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056598678089546521.post-34913015094903806432011-07-18T20:55:35.768+02:002011-07-18T20:55:35.768+02:00That's really interesting--sounds like he did ...That's really interesting--sounds like he did his research. It's interesting that Bast gets so much attention these days, given that she's an incredibly minor goddess. But I think everyone loves the idea of a cat goddess. They act regal enough as it is. :)Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454793498539356139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056598678089546521.post-88600887942439144422011-07-12T12:20:49.798+02:002011-07-12T12:20:49.798+02:00Yeah, Anubis is described as a darkly brooding and...Yeah, Anubis is described as a darkly brooding and totally hunky teenager. Sadie Kane is only 12, so he's a bit older than her, but there's absolutely something there.<br /><br />The gods who get the most "screen-time" in Red Pyramid are Set, Bast, Isis and Horus. Osiris is mentioned a whole lot, but isn't a main part of the story. Geb, Nut, Thoth, Sekhmet, Sobek and Nephtys also make appearances. Over the course of the Percy Jackson books, Riordan managed to mention pretty much everything and everone significant in Greek mythology and incorporate it in creative ways into the story, so I bet he'll be doing much the same with Egyptian myth in these books. He explains things very well, and I hope it makes new generations interested in the mythologies behind the stories.Malinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343500310968022313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056598678089546521.post-5660385633359872712011-07-12T02:03:45.728+02:002011-07-12T02:03:45.728+02:00"Hunky Anubis"?! I probably won't r..."Hunky Anubis"?! I probably won't read this book, but I kind of want to now! Modern interpretations of Egyptian history/culture/myth are really, really interesting to me. When you boil down thousands of years and hundreds of local traditions into one pantheon, you make a lot of decisions about what's accessible and interesting to modern audiences--Hathor doesn't play that well these days, sadly, though she's one of my favorite goddesses. And Ma'at, she's great. It seems like the most popular gods nowadays are the ones you get in New Kingdom tomb paintings. Which gods get the most page-time in The Red Pyramid?Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454793498539356139noreply@blogger.com