Seymour Roger Cray was an American supercomputer engineer. Beneath his suburban home he constructed a series of tunnels. When Cray reached a creative impasse he would retire below. “While I’m digging, the elves will often come to me with solutions
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Folklore Thursday: Saturnalia
So, here’s a special thing, just for you (for the moment) a two pager. John will be tweeting a two tweet thread. I had planned more, but this came in late with double the normal workload. I struggled a little
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#22 “Skaði”
Skaði is the Norse Goddess of Winter and mountains, of bow-hunting and skiing. After her father, the giant Þjazi, was murdered, Skaði journeyed alone to Asgard, to seek her vengeance. Intimidated and impressed, the Gods transformed Þjazi’s eyes into stars.
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Folklore Thursday: Rübezahl
Look, I’ll address this head-on. Yes, that’s Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion. I wasn’t asked to do that (John never asks for me to do anything, it’s all me) but reading the tweet, laying the panels out and
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#20 – “Rübezahl”
The Czech-Polish border splits the ridge of the Giant Mountains. This is the domain of Rübezahl. Originally a weather giant, their appearance evolved along with their mythology. At once Wise Woman, and wizard-like monk, Rübezahl became guardian of the mountains.
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#19 – “Vrillon”
Saturday the 26th of November, 1977. Just gone ten past five in the afternoon. Southern TV (UK)’s news anchor Andrew Gardner is relating the day’s headlines when the picture begins to wobble. The signal interrupted. A strange, unearthly voice begins
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#18 – “Whispers”
Children know that ghosts are real. That faeries dance in waste-ground scrub. Playground whispers re-tell centuried tales. The untenanted house remains haunted. Clowns should never be trusted. He said, she said, they said. From ancestors’ lips into babes’ ears.
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#17 – “Okiku”
In the Japanese city of Himeji stands a hilltop castle. In its grounds is a well. A haunted well. Okiku was the beautiful servant of a Samurai. Murdered by her master for rejecting his advances, Okiku’s ghost is said to
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RE: my Halloween article
Just a quick one by way of an apology to all you lovely supporters on here. This week is half term so we have three young boys in the house all week and, to add to that, today is my
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#15 “Nuckelvee”
The Nuckelavee is a being much dreaded in the Orkney Isles. A sea demon whose breath blights crops, yet even more terrifying on land. Skinless, veins pulsing with black blood, muscles writhing, some say it rides a horse. Others that
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