Welcome to Season 2 Episode 29, where we cover Chapters 54-59 of The Dream Thieves!

Ronan and the Gray Man finally meet face-to-face and it goes about as well as one might expect--possibly better, even. Persephone and Adam frantically fix the ley line as the 4th of July looms large in the sky. Why must they hurry? Seems like someone’s favorite baby brother may have been teen-napped… some guys really do just blow right past flowers and chocolate to cars and threats, don’t they?

We discuss how long it’s been since we’ve seen “The Birds”, what items we would most miss if we had to go on the run, Shannon questions how much Nievita really is a fire sign and makes some surprisingly off-color jokes, Nievita’s pet naming conventions stay strong to a theme, and we finally get around to naming that new Metal band we’ve been talking about starting.

DEEP DIVE: Journeys through the Underworld (from approx. the 46:45 minute mark to 1:00:30, depending on your player)

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9/5/19-- Ravin’ Girls S2 Episode 30, covering chapters 60-Epilogue of TDT
9/19/19-- Ravin' Girls Season 2 Wrap-up and Two Year Celebration!
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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

Death of a Farmer scene from “The Birds”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzzDrgn8pwQ
Hearst Castle State Historical Monument: http://hearstcastle.org/
Matt’s post about the Gray Man: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/post/186946283529/okay-yall-so-i-know-the-dream-thieves-is-coming
The Gray Man Theory: https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/gray-man-theory/
“Gray Man” as a survival tactic: https://survivallife.com/gray-man/
Gray Man theory from an operative: https://graywolfsurvival.com/79/how-to-gray-man-shtf/
Chapter 56 missing: http://maggiestiefvater.com/in-which-readers-become-hooligans-briefly/
Why is Chapter 56 only one sentence long?: https://apolloandellipses.tumblr.com/post/127760993087/important-question-why-is-chapter-56-of-the-dream/amp
Katabasis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabasis
Real places believed to be underworld entrances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_hell
Origin of the Veil Between Worlds: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/matauryn/2017/10/11/the-veil-between-the-worlds/
Epic of Gilgamesh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
Descent into the Underworld: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/descent-underworld
Wikipedia article, Inanna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna
Inanna’s descent and return: https://judithshaw.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/inannas-descent-and-return-an-ancient-story-of-transformation/
The First Epic Poem: https://interestingliterature.com/2018/05/11/the-first-epic-poem-the-descent-of-inanna/
Inanna in Myth: https://www.ancient.eu/Inanna/
The poem “Descent of Inanna” interpreted: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/descent-inanna-underworld-5500-year-old-literary-masterpiece-007296
Wikipedia article, Erishkigal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal
Translation of “Descent of Inanna”: http://people.uncw.edu/deagona/myth/Descent%20Of%20Inanna.pdf
Interpreting the myth of Inanna: http://www.halexandria.org/dward387.htm
Journeys through the Underworld in Myths and Movies: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/journeys-underworld-ancient-greece-holywood-008880
Wikipedia article, Persephone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone#Origins
Meaning of name “Persephone”: https://www.behindthename.com/name/persephone
Myth of Persephone: https://www.ancient.eu/persephone/
Persephone as mythological figure: https://owlcation.com/humanities/Persephone-Queen-of-the-Underworld
“The World” tarot card meaning: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/world/
Interpreting the “World” tarot card: https://labyrinthos.co/blogs/tarot-card-meanings-list/the-world-meaning-major-arcana-tarot-card-meanings
Castlerigg: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/castlerigg-stone-circle/history/
Castlerigg Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle
Castlerigg history: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/castlerigg-stone-circle
Samuel Taylor Colridge: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/castlerigg-stone-circle

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Announcements:
We are still looking for your thoughts for our Season 2 wrap-up and Second Anniversary Episode! We’ll be discussing our thoughts on Season 2, favorite moments, how things went, what we’re looking forward to in Season 3, and more. If you have questions or comments, send them our way! We think it would be especially fun to get some behind-the-scenes questions/non-TRC stuff, like other books we read or how the podcast is made. We look forward to hearing from you!

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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.