Chang’e and the Moon
A quiet retelling of the archer, the elixir, and the woman who became the presence in the moon.
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Old stories, told softly
Sourced retellings from world mythology, shaped for a quiet reading before sleep. Every story names its sources and the choices made in this telling.
Amaterasu and the Cave
How the sun withdrew from the world, and how laughter, a mirror, and a gathered community invited her return.
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Isis and the Secret Name of Ra
An Egyptian story of age, hidden power, and the name even the sun god would not speak.
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Selene and Endymion
The moon goddess, the shepherd of Mount Latmus, and the ancient choice to remain forever at the edge of sleep.
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Thor at Útgarða-Loki
A hall of impossible contests where thunder meets wildfire, the sea, the world-serpent, and old age.
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Inanna and the Seven Gates
A descent into the Great Below, where a queen gives up every sign of power and learns that no return is without a cost.
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Vasilisa at Baba Yaga’s Hut
A mother’s blessing, three riders in the forest, and a dangerous errand for fire at the fence of bones.
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Quetzalcoatl and the Precious Bones
A descent to Mictlan, a silent conch, and the broken bones from which the people of the present world are made.
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Rhiannon and Pwyll
A woman no horse can overtake, a prince’s careless promise, and the clever bag that restores a stolen wedding feast.
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The Churning of the Ocean
A mountain as a churning staff, a serpent as a rope, and the ocean that yields both poison and the nectar of immortality.
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Ganesha’s Seven Circles
Two brothers, a journey around the earth, and a different understanding of where the whole world may be found.
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Nanna Sails to Nibru
A moon god builds a boat out of far places and sails it upriver to his father, and at every town a goddess comes out with an offer he will not take.
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Lugh at the Gate of Tara
A doorkeeper with a name ready for every craft in the world, a stranger who keeps offering, and one question the rule at the gate has no answer for.
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