The Mabinogion opens a bright doorway into medieval Wales, where princes bargain with the Otherworld, giants stride the sea, and a cauldron breathes the mystery of rebirth. In the Four Branches we meet Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan, and Math, and learn how kinship, sovereignty, and reparation bind a people to their land. Arthurian adventures follow with Geraint, Peredur, and the Lady of the Fountain, while Kilhwch and Olwen races through a wild catalogue of quests and creatures, and dream visions blur waking and wonder. The tales carry indigenous memory as living presence, offering wisdom on honor, hospitality, and fate, told in the music of river, forest, and firelit hall.

The Popol Vuh is the luminous heart book of the K’iche’ Maya, a weaving of creation, heroism, and memory. From the first murmur of dark water the makers shape the world, attempt humans of mud and wood, and at last fashion people of maize who can speak and remember. The Hero Twins descend to Xibalba, play the sacred ballgame with the lords of death, and through wit, sacrifice, and rebirth set the pattern of cosmic order. The tale closes with the origins of the K’iche’ lineages and their sacred trusts. It reads like a council fire, intimate and vast, inviting you into an older way of seeing.