Welcome to Season 2 Episode 20, where we cover Chapters 15-18 of The Dream Thieves!
The Gangsey head back to visit their mystical talking tree friends for the first time since Adam made his bargain, but what’s this? A whole forest is gone! The Pig once again breaks down in a plot-convenient way, and Ronan has terrible dreams… some of which escape his head. We talk about what a drama queen Ronan can be, how Gansey can apparently use a smooth pick-up line on everyone except Blue, the parallels between Ronan’s mask dream and incidents in The Raven King, and how even Goddesses can sometimes make poor fashion choices.
DEEP DIVE: The Mythology of Dreams (from approx. the 29:30 minute mark to 42:28, depending on your player)
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2/21/19-- Ravin’ Girls S2 Episode 21, covering chapters 19-22 of TDT
3/7/19-- Ravin' Girls S2 Episode 22, covering chapters 23-26 of TDT
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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:
Maggie’s thumbnail sketches of her characters: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/121593187121/hi-do-you-have-character-profiles-for-trc
Adam/Mr. Gray ‘ship name: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/112444435026/me-help-me-with-this-scene-lover-whos-in-it-me
Carl Jung quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/403912-nights-through-dreams-tell-the-myths-forgotten-by-the-day
Joseph Campbell quote: http://mythsdreamssymbols.com/mythanddreams.html
Egyptian Dream Book: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
British Museum Collection listing: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=117410&partId=1
Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World by Gil Renberg (pub. May 30, 2017: https://books.google.com/books?id=4tYkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false
Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle by Alhena Gadotti (pub. Aug 8, 2014): https://books.google.com/books?id=ojDnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false
King James Genesis 41: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+41&version=KJV
Abenaki Creation Myth: https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/AbenakiCreationStoryandTheImportanceofDreaming-Abenaki.html
Vishnu dreaming Creation: http://www.allabouthinduism.info/2013/03/06/brahma-creates/
Caer Ibometh: https://feminismandreligion.com/2015/01/28/caer-ibormeith-celtic-goddess-of-dreams-and-prophecy-by-judith-shaw/
Dream Angus, traditional Scottish lullaby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCQb86rMUxo
Oxford translation: https://books.google.com/books?id=eKf8zCFn210C&pg=RA2-PA65&lpg=RA2-PA65#v=onepage&q&f=false
Neil Gaimen, The Sandman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)
The Sandman (short Story): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(short_story)
The Sand-Man, full text: http://art3idea.psu.edu/metalepsis/texts/sandman.pdf
Ole Lukøje on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Luk%C3%B8je
Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God by Hans Christian Andersen, full text: http://hca.gilead.org.il/ole_luk.html
Dreaming myths and legends: https://www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/sleeping-beliefs-and-legends-from-around-the-world/
Science of dreaming: https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/dreaming-overview#1
T.E. Lawrence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence
First chapter of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lawrence/te/seven/introduction1.html
Dream symbolism of a mask: http://www.dreambible.com/search.php?q=Mask
Snippet from the Dreamer Trilogy: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/180965493291/finally-to-line-edits-on-this-beastie-line-edits
Seneca quotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger
Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius 87: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_87
http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/134729315676/ive-been-asked-many-times-to-share-some-of-my
Mothman: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman
Ovid quote: https://archive.org/stream/metamorphoseswit02oviduoft/metamorphoseswit02oviduoft_djvu.txt
**MAGGIEWATCH**
Maggie has designed a giveaway print for IndieBookstoreDay, happening on April 27, 2019. It depicts what may (or may not) be a favorite scene of hers from the upcoming first book of the Dreamer Trilogy. For more information about Indie Bookstore Day, visit http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/ and to find a participating store near you, check out this map: http://indiemap.bookweb.org/
Announcements:
REMEMBER REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER!!! We have finally been given a release date for the first book of the Dreamer Trilogy, titled Call Down The Hawk. PREORDERS HAVE BEGUN!
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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.
Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/
The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.
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