mythos we live by

Second post in our new year archive series is a forest encounter with the ancestors by Danish mythteller Andrea Hejlskov, chosen by Dark Mountain artist and maker Caroline Ross. From Issue 9.

As human societies find themselves gripped in the claws of a pandemic, Charlotte Du Cann explores a myth of regeneration that might make sense of our predicament.

 I dropped down from the summit onto the western slope of the ridge, searching amongst...

Hot and grimy from hard work in the manioc orchard the two sisters trot down...