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Sep 21, 2026
The Night the Black Horse Comes
A look at the púca, the shapeshifting night spirit of Irish and wider Celtic folklore, and the blackberry and harvest lore still tied to its name.
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Sep 12, 2026
The Laughter on the Ridge
A journal entry on the tengu, the long-nosed mountain spirits of Japan, recorded among the cedars of Mount Kurama where they are said to still watch the paths after dark.
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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 9, 2026
The Lantern That Walks Itself
A survey of the tanuki, Japan's shapeshifting raccoon dog, and the strange lantern-lights said to follow lonely mountain roads at dusk.
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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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Aug 31, 2026
Pukwudgie Country
An account of the pukwudgie, the small and sharp-tempered woodland spirits of Wampanoag and Algonquian tradition, and the wary respect they still command in the pine barrens of southeastern Massachusetts.
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Aug 22, 2026
The Fox Who Outwitted the Court
A journal entry tracing Reynard the Fox through the medieval beast-epics of France, Flanders and Germany, and asking why a liar became the most beloved animal in European letters.
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