Tag Archives: mystery

Photo prompt round-up: Stark #writephoto

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Landscape of despair Bare branches bleached and blighted Reaching out for love Lost, lonely and forsaken A stark, joyless existence * A glimmer of hope Painting possibility Holding life and light Shadowed depths the birthing ground Multicoloured beauty grows … Continue reading →

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Stairways to heaven… Stuart France

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “It’s just a landscape, Don.” “Well, it is undoubtedly a landscape…” * * “…And a sky-scape too…” “…Although, I’m not too sure what justice has to do with it…” * Continue reading at Stuart France

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The Marsh King’s Daughter III… Stuart France

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, bow and bend to me… * …There usually is. Perhaps one reason for the tale’s obscurity these days is its perceived, overtly, Christian message. This takes the form of a priest who is captured and tortured … Continue reading →

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Contexts: creation… Stuart France

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘In Mesopotamian mythology a Mother Goddess, with the assistance of a God of Wisdom created men out of clay, mixed with the blood of a slain God. The Primeval male and female human beings were not allotted a life-span. … Continue reading →

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The Marsh King’s Daughter II… Stuart France

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

  ‘…The Earth will see you on through this time…’ * …There always is. The Marsh King sinks back beneath the waters with the unnamed Egyptian Princess in his thrall. Some time later a green shoot with a water-lily bud … Continue reading →

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Cusp of the Moon: Young lion…

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …It was not long before Aggafdu, Prince of Annwn, got to hear about the marvellous sun shoes of Sow Hill: “You must bring me a pair of blue and gold shoes from the master cobblers of Sow Hill,” he … Continue reading →

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The Marsh King’s Daughter… Stuart France

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

‘…Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, Fol-de-rol-de riddle…’ * Although the second longest of Anderson’s Fairy Tales, The Marsh King’s Daughter is relatively little known and perhaps, even, considered to be one of his ‘lesser’ tales. It is a huge, sprawling epic … Continue reading →

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Contexts: The flood… Stuart France

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Various stories relating a catastrophic flood are told by classical authors. These flood stories may derive from a single Mesopotamian original used in travellers tales for over two thousand years along the great Caravan Routes of Western Asia. In … Continue reading →

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Cusp of the Moon: Cobblers…

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …“You must make a name for yourself,” said Branwen, and she looked from one to the other of them. “Now, how are we to do that?” said Greidyawl-the-Wise, and he scratched his chin as he chewed, looked to the … Continue reading →

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Hart Hill Close… Stuart France

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Question: * * How * * Many * * Stones * Continue reading at Stuart France

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