Category: Folklore
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Lillian Hartley and Sylvia Moon on the Lost Land of Lyonesse, Robert Hunt, and the Hidden Foundations of Brindlemark
Hunt cites the Saxon Chronicle, which records that on the third before the Nones of November in 1099 — upon the first day of the new moon — the sea overflowed, destroying towns and drowning people, oxen, and sheep.
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Lillian Hartley and Sylvia Moon on Red Tree, White Tree by Wendy Berg
What impressed me most was Berg’s refusal to reduce the Arthurian stories to either naïve fantasy or dry symbolism.
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The Caledonian Sleeper
The sleeper train journey from London to northern England evokes a haunting atmosphere as characters Sylvia and Lillian encounter a mysterious woman in green. This woman, revealing her fractured identity linked to ancient rituals, confronts her past at a midsummer festival. With a delicate exchange, she reconnects with her original name, Anna, before vanishing.
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The Things We Keep Alive
“It’s not about believing,” she says. “It’s about noticing when something notices back.”
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The Day That Stands Still
“In Cornwall,” Sylvia continued, “we were always told to mind the equinox.”
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The Gold at the End of the Rainbow
The truth—if one insists on it—is that the rainbow is not a place, but a threshold.
