Mythcon 31 Program
Guest of Honor Talks
- Legend as Modern Metaphor (Steven Goldsberry)
- The Secret of Kapokohelele Cave (Steven Goldsberry)
Papers
- Christine Barkley, “Studying Tolkien Online: Supplemental Material for a Tolkien Class”
- David Bratman, “The Geography of Earthsea”
- David Bratman, “The Inklings and the Pacific Ocean”
- Diana Pavlac Glyer, “‘I’ve a good mind to punch your head…’: Criticism and Conflict Among the Inklings”
- Diana Pavlac Glyer, “Joy Davidman’s Weeping Bay: Neglected Masterpiece, Feeble Effort, or Blasphemous Anti-Catholic Tract?”
- Tina Hamrin-Dahl, “The Pig God Kamapua’a, the Volcano Goddess Pele: Morals, Manners and Customs”
- Darci Hill, “The Mythic Vision of C.S. Lewis: Sensucht and his Romance Trilogy”
- LeiLani Hinds, “Images of Mountains and Volcanoes in Myths and Fairy Tales from the Bible to Tolkien”
- Michael Johnson, “That Hideous Eldil”
- Alexei Kondratiev, “Celtic Lehua: Padraic Colum’s Re-Tellings of Polynesian Myth”
- Doris T. Myers, “‘The New Psychology’ in Glome”
- Rebecca Umland and Samuel J. Umland, “All For Love: The Myth of Romantic Passion in Japanese Cinema”
Panel
- Women Heroes in Fantasy
Melisa Michaels , Mary Kay Kare, U’i Goldsberry, Ken Burtness (moderator)
Other Events
- The Blessing of Mythcon – Walk to the Caldera – Stories of Pele
- Pacific Island Storytelling (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
- Healing and Understanding through Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film (Ken Burtness)
- Myth and Legend Through Puppetry (Heather Hollmann)
- Discussion: 2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards (Sponsor: Butterbur’s Woodshed)
- Discussion: Maui the Demigod (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
- Fun and Fantasy with Kids (Heather Hollmann)
- Third Annual Mythcon Book Toss (Sponsor: Khazad-dûm)
- The Old Stories of Narnia (Reader’s Theater: Darci Hill)
- Great Mythopoeic Books (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
- Volcano Hike (Leader: Steve Brown)
- Film Program
Mythcon Traditions