Storyland : a new mythology of Britain / Amy Jeffs.

"Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. It begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffs, Amy
Language:English
Published: London : Riverrun, 2021.
Subjects:
Folklore > Great Britain.
Folklore > Great Britain > Pictorial works.
Mythology, British.
Mythology, British > Pictorial works.
Folklore.
Great Britain.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part one. In the beginning
  • The giants' dance
  • The naming of Albion
  • Brutus founds Britain
  • Scota, first queen of the Scotti
  • Woden and the peopling of the north
  • The naming of the Humber and the Severn
  • Part two. Prehistory
  • Weland the smith
  • Bath and Bladud's fall
  • Cordelia and the soar
  • Conwenna saves Britain
  • The throne of Scone
  • Dragons under Oxford
  • Deidre flees to Albany
  • Part three. Antiquity
  • Joseph of Arimathea
  • The red and white dragons
  • Stonehenge
  • The deception at Tintagel
  • The sword and the anvil
  • The king, the dog and the board
  • Lothian's daughter
  • Havelock the Dane
  • The death of Merlin
  • Part four. The Middle Ages
  • The River Ness Monster
  • Kenelm of Wincombe
  • Mælbrigte bites back
  • The angel of the Scots
  • Danes, giants and pilgrims
  • Elfrida and Edward the Martyr
  • The conquest
  • Gogmagog rises again
  • Epilogue.