The River Of Milk
John GrigsbyThoughts on myth, landscape, and all-round wyrdness...
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Redeeming Sir Gawain (Part Two):
The Dark Half
My previous post (here) looked at the ancient origins and original version of the ‘beheading game’ tradition in Celtic myth, and its surprising re-appearance in the medieval Gawain and the Green Knight poem.
This essay delve...
Redeeming Sir Gawain
Illustration from the British Library ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ Manuscript
I thought I’d write two pieces about the figure of Sir Gawain and his often-compared-to Celtic predecessor Cúchulainn, to try to elucidate two aspects of th...
Here come the Lads...
Part Three of my ongoing conversations with Dan Kieran is now available to listen on his substack (please subscribe - there’s some amazing interviews on there with the likes of Iain MacGilchrist and Sharon Blackie).
In this talk we look at...
Ice-Age Myths?
Happy New Year everyone - wishing you blessings for 2026.
Here’s my latest chat with the brilliant Dan Kieran in which we start to delve in to possible remnants of Mesolithic myth concerning the ending of the Ice Age.
Dan summarises it th...
Belonging in the Land
Following The Stag by Dan Kieran
Where to Next? Belonging in England, part one
While I’m taking a break from travelling around the country to record my interview episodes, John Grigsby and I got together to have a series of conversations...
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Prehistorian, re-interpreting the mysteries of the Stone Age - and dabbling in folklore and tradition
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