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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.
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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.
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Sep 6, 2026
The Hammer Carried Close
A small cast pendant, shaped like a hammer with a short handle, was worn at the throat across Viking-age Scandinavia as protection against the disorder of the world. I went looking for what it actually meant to those who wore it, and found the answer was never quite settled.
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Sep 4, 2026
The Hook That Hauled Up Land
A journal entry on Te Matau a Māui, the demigod's fishhook said to have raised the North Island of New Zealand from the sea, and its afterlife as a constellation in Hawaiian sky-lore.
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