When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Mythological and Religious References
- The Tower of Babel (13.41; 36.67)
- The Minotaur at Crete (14.61-64)
- Inanna (26.70; 33.107; 42.13)
- Glossolalia (27.29, 27.41)
- Enki (28.55-57; 33.49; 42.13; 56.24)
- Asherah (30.1-14, 30.41-50; 33.49; 56.30)
- Deuteronomy (30.14, 30.20)
- The Torah (30.21)
- Eve (30.48)
- The Fall from Paradise (30.53)
- Marduk (33.94)
- The Kabbalists (36.21)
- The Russian Orthodox Church (39.30)
- Ereshkigal (42.25)
- Catholic theology (49.20)
- The Koran (56.38)
- The Reformation (56.44)
- The Pope (57.3)
Literary and Philosophical References
- The Epic of Gilgamesh (33.39)
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick (47.50; 67.30)
- Ozymandias (57.16)
Historical References
- The Vietnam War (21.66)
- Sherman's March (24.74)
- The Code of Hammurabi (28.14)
- Ancient Egypt (28.24)
- King Louis XIV (55.6)
- Nazism (56.34)
- Marxism (56.35)
- Nagasaki (56.30)
- Michelangelo (68.20)
- Da Vinci (68.20)
Pop Culture References
- Captain Kirk (5.5)
- Wal-Mart (5.8)
- Converse high-tops and Levi's jeans (10.83)
- McDonald's (12.114; 41.82)
- Godzilla (16.62)
- Moonies (23.9)
- Old Spice (25.33)
- Jesus Christ, Superstar (27.51)
- Wile E. Coyote (50.2)
- Bart Simpson (56.34)