Tag Archives: Folk Tale

The House that Fish Built: Far Seeing One…

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …As the spencers rose to serve the food, the charioteer of Connor Cruel-Crest stood up and addressed the king, “O Far Seeing One,” he said, “many are the feats of Connor; majestic and commanding his gait, clashing swords he … Continue reading →

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The House That Fish Built: Long-Horn O’Leary…

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …From the south came Long-Horn O’Leary and his host. “Hail, the flame-hot hammerer: wielder of the red mallet,” said Father Fish as he lolloped alongside O’Leary’s company on foot, “When the men of Albion return from foreign lands you … Continue reading →

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Flux Tree

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Long ago Coyote was walking his way. He came to a hill on which he saw a man cast his eyes out of his head into a Flux Tree. They hung in the branches of the tree until the … Continue reading →

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The House that Fish Built: Connor Cruel Crest…

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The house that Father Fish built was constructed in this way: it had nine compartments from fire place to wall, with each facade made of bronze, standing thirty feet high; it took a wagon team to haul each beam, … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Threshold…

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Anyway, Wen was wrong… It’s not a ‘reckie’ we’re on, it’s a raid! * But before we can ‘plunder’ Lewis of her treasury of stone, we have to get past the Dweller… * There is some debate over what … Continue reading →

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What, no boots! …

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought and also the importance of getting beyond the rational and that’s where the myths and fairy stories come in… Plato spends the greater part of his master work ‘The … Continue reading →

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Samildanach…

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading →

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King Vortigern’s Tower…

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* “…Before Merlin was a soothsayer he was a miraculous child who solved the mystery of Vortigern’s Tower.” “What mystery was that?” “Every time the tower was raised by Vortigern’s men the hill upon which it was built shook and … Continue reading →

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High Mythology…

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For those readers interested in Mythology there are a couple of books published under the Silent Eye Press banner which it would be foolish to be unaware of. The first is the cycle of Egyptian Myths re-envisioned by Sue Vincent … Continue reading →

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D. Wallace Peach reviews Swords of Destiny

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A lovely review of Swords of Destiny from Diana Wallace Peach, author of The Rose Shield series… In this modern-day adventure, the world is in peril, and the immortal Merlin (of King Arthur fame) has gathered four ordinary people with … Continue reading →