Tag: mythology

Her mane billowing as she gallops through the snowy forest, the white mare carries within her unborn third son, born like a flame and shaped like the stars

She did not know that she was a witch when she was married yet they say she was born that way; or was she simply born a woman,

Originally published in March 2008 with illustrations by Brett Helquist as part of the celebrations of World Book Day, Neil Gaiman’s story of twelve year old Norseman Odd