water spirit
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 2, 2026
The Thing in the Reeds
A journal entry on the bunyip, the water-dwelling being of Aboriginal folklore from the Murray-Darling basin, and how a warning about dangerous water became, in colonial hands, both a cryptid and an insult.
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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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