pickThis was an informative look at the history and mythology surrounding Aphrodite/Venus - from her ancient Mesopotamian ancestor Ishtar, to Inanna and Astarte, and finally her Greek and Roman forms. While a little academically dry in tone, which caused me to switch to audiobook, it is a fascinating history of a goddess who is so much more than modern patriarchy gives her credit for being.
pickCheryl Strayed‘s Wild meets Diana Melmuth‘s The Witching Year in this messy but endearingly earnest travel memoir. While grieving her father, writer Signe Pike rambles primarily across England, Ireland, and Scotland, seeking out stories and first-hand accounts of faeries, visiting faery landmarks and sacred places, and reckoning with a devoted but angry father she loved but never understood. Slow and not fully satisfying, but worth the read!
Really looking forward to this.
pickThis is a good introduction to Japanese horror and provided a lot of detail on the history of the cat myths as well as example stories. The illustrations were also nice.
3/5 read for good history of mythology but don‘t expect a lot of lyricism in the tales.
I finally started unpacking all of the little treasure for my living room!
#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Mythical
Also, I've realized I've reached two milestones yesterday:
1. The 500th post with my latest drawing of the featured prompt for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
2. hit 10k Litfluence !!!
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Love this! @TheSpineView
1. a Yuki Onna (the Japanese Snow Woman) 😎 or a vampire.
2. so many! tons of bestiaries - the tagged one is one of my favourites. in fiction, there are loads as well: American Gods, Dracula, Carmilla, Thistlefoot, Folklore - a Dark Anthology, Swamplandia!, Spirits Abroad, the Odyssey, fairy tale collections, so many ghost stories, etc. etc. etc.
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pickAs well as being a professional storyteller, Lisa Schneidau is an ecologist and environmental lobbyist, all three aspects of which she brings to these retellings of traditional stories dealing with forest lore. Each section is prefaced with a short commentary on what the tales can teach us about the ecosystem and climate change. My only reservation being her advocacy of culling wild deer to encourage forest regeneration - I'm not an ecologist, ⬇️
"Woodlands in Britain and Ireland that have been recorded continuously on maps since the sixteenth century are called 'ancient'."
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I'm in one of those moods where I can't stick to one book, flitting from one to another, hence I've started reading what is technically number 14 on my "Currently Reading" list.
I love folk tales, and this collection is themed around the forests and woods of Britain and Ireland. The author is an oral storyteller and this is one of three books she's written of the traditional tales she's adapted for her craft.
William Butler Yeats
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