Tag Archives: Mythology

Armo’s Love #WritePhoto by Sarah Brentyn

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

  Usually, men carrying axes were unwelcome in the woods. But Armo was a different sort of man. He respected nature, cherished it even, and the trees knew him. The day she died, he was there, ax in hand. He … Continue reading →

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Thor’s Cave… Stuart France

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Had there been any doubt about where we were going next… Which there wasn’t. * * For once, our destination proved quite easy to get to. A car park was suggested by the guidebook and in the car park … Continue reading →

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As the Crow Flies #WritePhoto by Sarah Brentyn

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

  The crows land on a tiled roof. Stones of the old church are unwelcoming. Ancient and powerful, the birds call to us. We are ignorant of their language. We quicken our pace. Clouds disperse into the arms of sunset. … Continue reading →

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Knock by Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

  My great-grandfather, Bill, told me this story and tonight I want to tell you it. In his time, the mines were all over Cornwall and almost all the men worked in one. They did long hard shifts, digging underground … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs III… Stuart France

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Brown, Black, Grey and Red, All men and women end up dead.’ It seems to me that this rather macabre Fionn tale, adapted from a collection made by Jeremiah Curtin and first published under the title, ‘Myths and Folk-Lore … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs II… Stuart France

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … A very different Fionn tale (to give him his correct nomenclature), adapted from one of Ella Young’s re-tellings. The full cycle of tales from which this one is drawn are available in, The Tangle Coated Horse, and although … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs… Stuart France

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …There is lots of real depth in this little story. It is culled from the pages of, ‘Folk Tales of the British Isles’ and is full of that rare and ever dwindling commodity known as Folk Wisdom. This re-telling … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Shaman (1) by Steve Tanham

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Jerome (not his real name, but those are his hands) had been teaching us some elementary Spanish. We had been advised that the lesson was half an hour later than billed, but it had started on time. By the time … Continue reading →

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State of Nations… Stuart France

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* If a nation Fails to stand In right relation To its stories… Continue reading here

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Field of Sheaves VI… Stuart France

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Riders of the Sidhe to me from every place still free… * That’s how Lug, the Lord of Light, summoned the Otherworldly Hosts… He met his father Cian and Cian’s two brothers and together they set off for the … Continue reading →

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