![]() ![]() There his dreams continue to populate the wood with “mythagos”, warped, dangerous hero figures, threatening all those who come in search of the boy. Richard must quest repeatedly through Ryhope’s hollowings in an attempt to bring his son to safety and quiet the monsters Alex has created. In the end, it will threaten the very existence of the wood itself and of its natural mythagos. The havoc they wreck threatens those who search for Alex, including his father, Richard. Savage and lost, they are compelled to seek their creator. But like Alex, they too are damaged: the great heroes he conjures are warped, incomplete and dangerous. ![]() There his dreams will continue to populate the wood with its mythagos. The wood shields a heart of primeval forest wherein live phantoms and strange creatures – mythagos – those shades generated over time by our dreams and nightmares.Īlex has in fact been absorbed by the wood, drawn into its green heart – through a ‘hollowing’. Months later a body is found on the edge of Ryhope Wood. Simon Bradley, a highly imaginative child, brain-damaged after a bizarre attack, vanishes one day from his home. This female mythago (usually evoked as an older teenager) hearkens from the Bronze Age and appears in various incarnations throughout time, including protomyth, a girl from Roman Britain, a manifestation of the Earth goddess, young Celtic warrior princess and Guinevere. ![]()
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