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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
1965 | Drama, Music, Romance
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"I don’t always love Parajanov’s roaming camera in this movie, but he settled down from Color of Pomegranates onwards. Parajanov’s love for the folk culture is quite infectious. The way that he loves everything on screen, I relate. And the winter mummers are so mysterious. He makes this Hutsul culture come alive and it’s so exotic. Now I know a lot about Carpathian culture and Slavic folklore so the movie doesn’t have a lot of mystery to me anymore. But the first time I saw these images that I couldn’t understand, I was completely conquered because he so clearly understood them [and] they were infused with some kind of meaning that just felt essential to me."

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David McK (3786 KP) rated The Golem in Books

May 8, 2021  
The Golem
The Golem
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Book number 10 in Orlando Sanchez's 'Montage and Strong' series, and - much like Simon Strong - I'm beginning to feel lost with just what is going on.

According to Wikipedia:

"A golem is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud) ... The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late-16th-century rabbi of Prague"

Modern readers might be more familiar with them from their inclusion in the later entries in Terry Pratchett's superlative Discworld series.

In this one, a Golem has been created and is terrorizing select parts of New York, with Montague and Strong called in to deal - reluctantly - with the threat it represents.
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

May 5, 2026  
There's something about two people finding each other in the middle of an impossible task that gets me every time. 🌿 Ewan and Lowri don't come together easily, and I think that's what makes them worth following.

RAVENS AND RUIN is the fifth book in the Brodyr Alarch series, and it's the one where the mythology and the heart of the story pull hardest in the same direction 🤍 Welsh gods, Brothers Grimm folklore, and a quest that asks more than either of them expected to give.

Which do you love more in a fantasy romance, the slow burn or the moment it finally breaks? 🖤

#Fantasy #Romance #WelshGods #FairytaleRetelling #BrothersGrimm #BrodyrAlarch5
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

May 18, 2026  
Some stories begin long before the characters know they've started 🌊

Ariandwyn, the ancient goddess who waits between hill and sea, has been keeping her promises for longer than anyone remembers, and when Talise arrives at Llyn Du looking for answers she can measure, she finds something she can't.

STILL WATERS, DEEP is a standalone Welsh folklore romance about a love that feels fated without ever feeling forced. Tender and unhurried, with old magic sitting quietly underneath everything.

Do you find yourself drawn to romances where destiny plays a hand, or do you prefer love that's entirely chosen? 💙

#FantasyRomance #WelshFolklore #MythicFiction #MagicalRealism #StandaloneRomance #BetweenHillAndSea

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