#lavondyss

[land-of-reads]

“Lavondyss” by Robert Holdstock begins. Passages and thoughts from my reading of the first book in the series can be read here.

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

There was a memory in the land. It was all around him. He was walking through it. It whispered to him as he walked…

Robert Holdstock, Lavondyss

[pgwodewose]

A scene from the book Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock that I think about often, and it's the kind of exchange that's gone back and forth in my head a fair few times.

[multifru196]

Mythago Wood Series by Robert Holdstock

[gifts-of-heimdall-runes]

Mythago

By: twig-01 (DeviantArt)

Posted: 26/12/2007

[realprincenico]

Moondream🌛

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

All things have names, and some things more than one. The whisperers will teach you. The naming of the land is important. It conceals and contains great truths. Your own name has changed your life and I urge you to listen to them, when they whisper.

Robert Holdstock, Lavondyss

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

There is a spirit in the boy which is wiser than I am. There is a spirit in the boy that can see further than I can. There is a spirit in the boy that has smelled other forests.

Robert Holdstock, Lavondyss