Of Lady Demeter, goddess of the golden grain, I sing, and her fair-ankled daughter Persephone whom the ancients addressed as Kore, The Maiden, in whose laughter is the promise of spring.
Now Kore was playing away from the protection of her mother, who is also the lady of the golden sword. In a meadow […]

All right! Thank you everyone for your votes and suggestions. Here’s the new name:
Mythphile
The ending -phile comes from Greek philia, “affection/love,” as seen in Anglophile.
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(Syncroblog suggested by Mahud: Theme “Landscapes”)
I’ll tell you a story about Atlantis, the Lost Land.
Once upon a time, a Greek philosopher named Plato was writing about his mentor Socrates and their circle of learned friends. Sometimes they would talk about right and wrong, the soul and other erudite matters by telling stories that […]

I thought I was being both original and clever with this title, to misquote Frodo in the “Conspiracy Unmasked” chapter of Fellowship of the Ring. Alas, it turns out I have been clever, but not original.
Behold: Mythprint, the monthly newsletter of the Mythopoeic Society. As active as I’ve been among Tolkien-enthusiasts over the years, […]