Where the Map Ends

Oct 2, 2026

The Last Lantern on the Street

A field note on the jack-o'-lantern, from Stingy Jack's doomed coal-lit turnip to the one carved light that always seems to burn longest on the street.

Oct 1, 2026

The Keeper of Unwalked Roads

A journal account of the Lantern Man, the Dartmoor light said to lead travellers off finished roads and onto ones that never were, at a cost few agree on.

Sep 30, 2026

Nian and the Red Door

A record of Nian, the beast of Chinese New Year folklore, and the customs of red paper, fire and noise still said to keep it from the door.

Sep 29, 2026

The Century Walk of the Green Man

An account of the Green Man, Britain's foliate-headed spirit of the greenwood, and the local legend of his once-a-century Greenwalk through orchard, field and oak.

Sep 28, 2026

The Woman Who Turns Away

A journal account of the Huldra, the hidden forest woman of Norwegian and Swedish tradition, and the herders and hunters who claimed to have loved her.

Sep 27, 2026

The Tree at the Centre of Everything

A journal entry on Yggdrasil, the vast tree of Norse cosmology, and the wells, wells-keepers and gnawing creatures said to hold the nine realms in place.

Sep 26, 2026

The Hare Who Answers the Moon

An account of the old Chinese belief that the wild hare conceives by gazing at the moon, and its uneasy kinship with the tame Jade Rabbit of legend.

Sep 25, 2026

The Boy Who Brings the Rain

A journal entry on Amefurikozō, the straw-cloaked yōkai said to walk the roads of Japan on rainy nights, and the uncertain business of blaming a child-sized spirit for the weather.

Sep 24, 2026

The Horn That Waits

A look at Gjallarhorn, the horn of Heimdallr, and the old uncertainty over whether it was ever separate from Mímir's well of wisdom.

Sep 23, 2026

The Taniwha's Long Watch

An account of the taniwha, the guardian and hazard spirits of Aotearoa's rivers, lakes and coasts, and what their old warnings still protect.

Sep 22, 2026

The Herds That Answer to No One

A look at Flidais, the Irish goddess who is said to herd and protect the wild deer of the forest, and at the old tale of the cattle raid that carries her name.