A 13th c. Northumbrian lady
This is my retelling of a story from The Eyrbyggja Saga. The same summer that Christ’s faith was made law in Iceland, a ship came from over the sea to Snowfellness, and docked at the great holding of Frodis-water. On board was a woman named Thorgunna who bore many fine goods with her. Now Thurid… Continue Reading “The Trial of the Dead”
By Caitlin Christiana Wintour The Cheviot cloud-trails ring round the fog-shrouded valleys, and lonely lanes weave round dark fells. Criminals can be found here, bringing blood and sorrow to the unwary far from field and farm. Yet worse things there are then wild men in the howling hills. From the granite ground grow the dark… Continue Reading “The Lonely Traveler”
by Caitlin Christiana Wintour after stories from Ynglinga Saga This is the tale of the descendants of the giantess Rindr, who was fair beyond mortal women but whose heart was the heart of the wolf. 1. The Story of Randver The Cold Land lies north of the Black Sea, and there are many strange creatures… Continue Reading “The Wolf’s Story”
It’s been forever since I posted, kindly blame Pentathlon preparation! I did want to post a praise poem that I wrote and performed in honor of my Shire, the Shire of al-Sahid in Caid. We are located in the high desert and up two mountain ranges, thus all the references to “earth’s bones” and “mountain… Continue Reading Praise Poem
by Caitlin Christiana Wintour A poem after Taliesin’s “In Praise of Tenby” There is a fair fort upon the wide sea; Dwell here memories, shadows tinged with light moving at the edges of our sight. Here waits Conrad von Regensburg, premiere baron of a newly risen barony. He is alone at first, but then there… Continue Reading There Is a Fair Fort: In Memory of the Lords of Lyondemere