One should not inquire too closely where ancient legends about the gods are concerned; many things which reason rejects acquire some color of probability once you bring a god into the story

Stories change us. They change the world. People are stories of themselves.

her daughter”.

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain...

If you are a vampire, then a vampire is not the creature of the legends.

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.