wayland the smith – VoVatia (original) (raw)

I’ve Never Kipled

Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems, Volume 1, edited by John Beecroft – I picked this book up at a church book sale back in college, and had it sitting around on various shelves before starting to read … Continue reading →

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She’s in Love with the Dark

The Dark Is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper – I don’t recall having heard of this series of books until fairly recently. I know there was a movie, but it didn’t do well, and I understand it was a poor … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, British, Mythology | Tagged greenwitch, herne the hunter, king arthur, merlin, over sea under stone, silver on the tree, susan cooper, the dark is rising, the grey king, wayland the smith, will stanton |

A Smithering Smith

I’d heard good things about the Fables comic series, so I checked out the first volume from the library. The one I found was a deluxe edition including the first ten issues, and hence the Legends in Exile and Animal … Continue reading →

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