http://stephaniedraven.com Modern Mythology with a Sexy Edge Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/02/09/secrets-of-the-sphinx/ http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/02/09/secrets-of-the-sphinx/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:13:36 +0000 Stephanie Draven http://stephaniedraven.com/?p=1289 Isn't that a great title? I totally want to nab it as the title of any follow-up novel I write to my forthcoming book, which we're tentatively calling CARNAL CREATURES. It's about a modern day sphinx and a modern day minotaur caught in a desperate struggle for survival, but enough about that...let's talk about the sphinx in Egypt. Thanks to Michelle Moran's tip, I found this article in the Smithsonian and it's fascinating. Amongst the many interesting tidbits contained in the article is...]]> http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/02/09/secrets-of-the-sphinx/feed/ 3 http://stephaniedraven.com/2009/10/06/sphinx-in-america/ http://stephaniedraven.com/2009/10/06/sphinx-in-america/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:03:27 +0000 Stephanie Draven http://stephaniedraven.com/?p=876 As an author of myth-inspired fiction, I love Greek mythology, but there's a special place in my heart for Egyptian lore too. The two cultures influenced one another a great deal, and one creature they had in common was the sphinx. Oh, the Greeks and the Egyptians each had their own idea of what a sphinx was all about, but there were a lot of common traits, and what we're left with is an enigmatic creature. (One which will be starring in my next novel.) Apparently sphinxes aren't just in Egypt or Greece though. We can find one over a Civil War Cemetary in America. See if you can guess which city.]]> http://stephaniedraven.com/2009/10/06/sphinx-in-america/feed/ 3