The King of Elfland’s Daughter 10

Two minor notes for this section. Zironderel says she disenchants then reenchants the sword, but instead I’d argue she just supresses its magic. Statistics for the lesser wisps are already found in Realms of Power: Faerie, but statistics for Greater Wisps and the Kennel Trolls will be added eventually. CHAPTER XXVI: The Horn of Alveric…

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The Pentamerone 7

This week, we continue our charge through the Pentamerone. Thanks again to Joy Chan for her recording. I’ll be popping in with bits of folklore, and a surprising amount of culinary lore. XXIII: THE TWO CAKES In the penguin edition, the word “pizza” is used wherever “cake” is used here. It’s not a modern pizza,…

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2021 – Annual state of the podcast

I’m unable to sleep because I’ve been bedridden for days with influenza, so I’m writing this up a week in advance. I apologise if I’m not entirely lucid: my wife has noticed that I’m extremely absent minded on flu medication. The podcast celebrates its fifth birthday on May 25th. It has about 40 people who…

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A Criamon Magus Listens to the Rain

There was a virtue Lands of the Nile, called in Wisdom From Ignorance, which allowed practitioners to gain Abilities from documents which they can not understand. I was reminded of this recently by a minor essays from Aldous Huxley. He discusses a similar state of mind, but in his case he’s not meditating on heiroglyphs,…

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The Pentamerone 8

We return to the Pentamerone. I’ve not mentioned the scatological humour this time unless it illuminates a particular point. Just assume it’s there. XXVI: THE MONTHS It is a saying worthy to be written in letters as big as those on a monument, that silence never harmed any one: and let it not be imagined…

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