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Tag: Myths and Legends

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Mythology of the Commons

By Phoenix Simms • June 2nd, 2023

While there isn’t necessarily an overtly intersectional EcoGothic tone to Folklore, it does deal with bodies irrevocably changed by nature, binaries and transformed bodies.

Noise Complaint
The member of Ghost Bath, clad in all black, pose stoically in front of a huge stained-glass window.

Black Metal Mythmaking, Gatekeeping, and Points In Between

By Ben Sailer • May 31st, 2023

Black metal musicians have long used secrecy and controversy to generate notoriety.

Mind Palaces

Our World and the Others

By Maddi Chilton • May 30th, 2023

Our scientific mindset, our modern rationalism is a handicap when attempting to represent the premodern, where the boundaries that we consider so key for understanding our world have no presence.

This Mortal Coyle
Elora the faun from Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. She has her head turned upside down as if she's addressing someone lying on the ground; she wears a dress made of leafy foliage and bears a striking resemblance to a red fox.

Elora the Faun from Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage

By Deirdre Coyle • May 26th, 2023

“I’m a faun, you dork!”

Past Presence
Artwork from an early iteration of the Animal Crossing franchise, featuring the male and female villagers with Blathers the owl and K.K. Slider the dog close at hand.

Virtual Citizen

By Emily Price • May 25th, 2023

A legend, per the OED, is “a story from ancient times about people and events that may or may not be true.” If the residents of Wild World are anything in my memory, they are that: ancient stories.

Feature Story

Whatever Knows Fear

By Orrin Grey • May 23rd, 2023

The uncanny history of Marvel’s muck monster.

Feature Excerpt
Medieval style artwork from the videogame Pentiment featuring a surprised rooster.

Painting the Past With a Broad Brush

By Saniya Ahmed • May 19th, 2023

Intimacy and ordinary life in art is lacking when attention goes toward religious and imperial powers. Mundane, everyday things are forgettable and not as well-preserved through time as a monument.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – May 2023

By David Shimomura • May 16th, 2023

Welcome to myths and legends.

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