Where the Map Ends

Oct 9, 2026

She Runs Without a Head

A field account of the Mula Sem Cabeça, Brazil's cursed headless mule, and the forbidden love said to have summoned her fire.

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.

Sep 22, 2026

The Herds That Answer to No One

A look at Flidais, the Irish goddess who is said to herd and protect the wild deer of the forest, and at the old tale of the cattle raid that carries her name.

Sep 18, 2026

What the Wolf Was Promised

A visit to the Gosforth Cross in Cumbria prompts a retelling of Fenrir's binding and the fate the Norse sources give him at Ragnarök.

Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian Cat of Bubastis

A visit to the ruined temple town of Bubastis, seat of the cat goddess Bastet, and a look at how a working household animal became a ward against unseen harm.

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.

Aug 6, 2026

The Serpent at the Chart's Edge

A journal account of Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent of Norse myth, whose coils were said to ring the inhabited world and whose shadow lingers at the margins of old sea-charts.