celestial
Aug 29, 2026
The Bird That Never Lands
In Persian tradition the Huma is a bird that lives entirely on the wing, and whose shadow, falling on a person, was once said to mark them for a throne.
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Aug 23, 2026
Where the Ink Runs Out
A look at terra incognita, the old cartographer's term for the unmapped edge of the world, and the dragons, monsters and blank spaces that filled it.
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Where the Rivers Keep Their Dragon
A journal entry on the long, the rain-bringing river dragon of Chinese folklore, and its long pursuit of the flaming pearl.
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Jul 30, 2026
The Serpent That Eats the Moon
In the central and southern Philippines, a great sea serpent is still said to rise and swallow the moon, and the old defence against it — drums, gongs, pots beaten in the dark — has not entirely gone quiet.
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