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Oct 8, 2026
Vinegar Tom and the Witchfinder
A record of Vinegar Tom, the ox-headed hound named among the familiars of the 1647 Essex witch trial pamphlets, and what the season of Halloween and Samhain has to do with him.
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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.
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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.
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Sep 17, 2026
At the Well of Urd
An account of the Norns, the three women who set the fates of gods and mortals alike at the foot of the world tree, and of how uncertain their thread-work really is in the old sources.
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Sep 11, 2026
The Spider Who Bought the Stories
In Akan tradition, every tale told under the stars is technically Anansi's property, won from the sky god through cunning rather than strength. I went looking for how that debt is still spoken of.
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Sep 8, 2026
The Beast Mistaken for Land
A journal entry on the hafgufa, the vast Norse sea creature said to be so still and so large that sailors mistook its back for an island, sometimes at fatal cost.
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Aug 8, 2026
The Scribe Who Counted the Moon
A visit to the ibis catacombs of ancient Hermopolis, where the moon god Thoth was worshipped as scribe, mathematician, and keeper of the balance between truth and chaos.
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