
The Myth of the Alkonost and the Sirin
When joy and sorrow take wing: a Russian myth of two impossible birds whose songs shape fate.

When joy and sorrow take wing: a Russian myth of two impossible birds whose songs shape fate.

Individual tales of enlightened disciples who remained in the world to guide others toward awakening

A chilling Thai spirit that possesses people and slowly consumes them from within—an exploration of folklore, ritual, and meaning

A Malaysian demon that grants power and wealth for a price, woven into village memory and shadowed by mangroves

How the Semai of Malaysia keep an uneasy peace with the thunder god to protect their crops, rivers, and lives.

How the world was shaped from the body of a great serpent—an origin tale of the Kayan people of Borneo

An atmospheric retelling of the Iban pantheon of Borneo—origins, roles, and rituals of the Petara that shaped rivers, storms, and longhouse life.

A luminous myth of the Batang Garing: Borneo's living axis that bridges sky, earth, and the underworld in Dayak cosmology.

How the First Man and Woman Emerged from Bamboo in a Philippine Creation Tale

How the Sea and the Sky Waged War to Shape the Islands and the Lives That Dwell Upon Them

How two brothers faced four terrible monsters and restored peace to an island

A coastal myth of song, salt, and the tide-forged boundary between human longing and ocean otherness

A coastal Visayan tale of dolls, pins, and the fragile boundary between fear and justice

A Tagalog myth of silver light, sibling rivalry, and the quiet rule of night

How Lihangin, daughter of the sky, learned the language of currents and shaped islands with breath and mercy.

How the sky father Vatea and the earth mother Papa gave birth to gods, islands, and the rhythms of life across the Pacific

A deep-sea legend from the Solomon Islands — a fish-bodied spirit that hurls poisonous fish at those who cross the ocean's dark boundary

Um companheiro luminoso do deus do trovão Raijin, que muda de forma e é levado pelo vento e pelo relâmpago ao longo do tempo.

Uma jornada detalhada pelos yōkai benevolentes do folclore japonês, que devoram pesadelos e protegem o coração adormecido.

A vivid retelling of the terrifying yōkai whose flaming wheel carries a tormented human face across roadside fogs and memory

A haunting yōkai of mixed parts that haunted emperors, prowled moonlit pines, and lived at the edge of human understanding

A lyrical retelling of the Jade Rabbit, Wu Gang, and the moonlit bonds that outlast time

How the blue-grey wolf and the fallow doe shaped the steppe and became the first of a people

A meditative myth of mandalas and awakened qualities, retold from the Tibetan Buddhist vision for modern readers
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