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Intercede for Us, Saint Guinefort, Faithful Hound and Martyr. “The contemporary eye will acknowledge the devotional character of the work, but be drawn to the clean precision of its crafting and the hypnotic rationality of Poyet’s pictorial space.” Mario...

The first fully realized piece from the Cult of Saint Guinefort project - From the Hours of Catherine of Cleves dives into the history of the manuscript, it's design, and the piece of work created that could have come from it's pages.

Folk Saints, Changelings, and Our Timeless Love of Dogs “…if i have presented (the tale of Saint Guinefort) so unceremoniously at the start of the book it is so that it might have the same impact on the reader as it did on me when I...

Recreating Brazil Wood Ink from Period Recipes “They spawn as it were in March and Aprill; the Geese are formed in May and June, and come to fulnesse of feathers in the moneth after.” Cennino Cennini The...

The Confusing Case of the Demonic Money Pants “The flame of fancy still burns, bright and warm, in all this desolation, even as the great ice-body of Iceland contains a heart of fire.” George E. J. Powell & Eiríkr...

In Nordic countries there are numerous tales of these creatures crafted by witches and tasked with stealing milk from the homes of ordinary townsfolk - what could be more “otherly”?

The Cynocephalus Spoon “They inhabit the mountains as far as the river Indus. Their complexion is swarthy. They are extremely just, like the rest of the Indians with whom they associate. They understand the Indian language but are unable...

In Search of the Bear King, Continued “The bear king is said to have one horn out of his head” Jón Áranson Icelandic Legends and Adventures, Volume 4 In my last post, I left events with the entry...

In Search of the Bear King “Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.” Joseph Campbell The second half of this year has been an oddly stagnant one...

Adventures in Ink Making “…the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy way is that the hard way works.” Terry Pratchett The...