Mad Max: The Mythic Hero of the Wasteland
Mad Max Rockatansky is a folkloric character. A mythic hero of a post apocalyptic world.
Old Tails in New Bottles: Folklore’s Influence on Pulp Fiction Werewolves
Werewolves are considered to be a traditional monster in the twenty-first-century popular culture.
Some Words About ‘The Quiet Music’ from Jackie Morris
At present I am tangled in brambles and ivy, steeped in acorns and oak and painting the rhythm of the air as it moves through the feathers of a raven’s wing. I am working, as ever, on a new book, The Lost Words, written by Robert MacFarlane, illustrated by me, to be published by Hamish […]
Matlock Hare and the Three Hares Symbol
Three – some say, is the lucky number. Others find it equally as unlucky, citing dark suspicions about Shakespeare’s ‘weird-systers’ in the equally infamous ‘Scottish Play’. Love it, loathe it, dismiss it, debunk it, or even worship it, there’s no doubting that somehow this single digit has provoked both mysterious interpretation and serious academic study and numerological […]
The Power of Storytelling: Diverse tales and the “refugee crisis”
In recent years, in conjunction with the steadfast advance of far-right nationalistic ideologies, the so-called ‘’refugee crisis’’ has been repeatedly distorted through an outpouring of negative narratives surrounding migrants and migration, which hit the headlines on a daily basis across various mediatic channels worldwide.