Mythago Wood: 1 (Mythago Cycle)

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it is somehow a nexus for the mythical imagery of humanity and, when people come into close contact with it, can generate 'mythagos', or living embodiments of their mythic figures. Embedded in the text is an aspect of the tale of Gawain and the Green Knight, and Jason — an older, more savage Jason than the figure from the Greek myth — appears in a cameo role, a set-piece tale that stands apart from the rest of the book.

Mythago Wood posits a fascinating scenario revolving around the creation of popular myths, their incarnations, change, and reincarnations throughout history, and uses alluring mysteries to tempt the reader forward.This gloomy, compelling stand of forest butts up against the family home, and had also been the obsession of their father. But more importantly, why did the author think it was a good idea to be so redundant and boring and dull and repetitive and long-winded and loquacious (did I mention boring? It resists intrusion from Outsiders, time and distance are skewed there (so it is much larger inside than the 6 miles it covers in modern Britain should allow, and time seems to expand), and strange energy fields interact with human minds to create mythagos -- the idealized forms of ancient mythical and legendary creatures, heroes, and villains formed from collective subconscious hopes and fears. I enjoyed reading about these old legends that were completely new to me, and seeing how they transformed into something tangible within the wood. As they are formed from human myths, they vary in appearance and character depending on the human memories from which they formed.

Guiwenneth of the Green (also Gwyneth): She is usually evoked as an older teenager, is from the Bronze Age and appears in various incarnations throughout time, including proto-myth, a girl from Roman Britain, a manifestation of the Earth goddess, a young Celtic warrior princess and Guinevere.Mythago Wood' is a beautifully written homage to the traditional Celtic and Welsh fairy tales of creatures living in the deep forests (and Carl Jung's theories: https://en. Yep, that’s the guy she purportedly chooses: some weirdo in a bathrobe, creeping around in his dad’s dilapidated cottage reading his dad’s manuscripts. Kim Newman notes that the series offers “mind-stretching meditation on the nature of collective imagination". Also, the parts of the story taken from a diary are in a handwriting style that I found difficult to decipher. The mystery of Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment of primeval forest, consumed George Huxley's entire long life.