That last sentence may give you the impression that this game is fantastical and outlandish, and in some ways it is — but one of its greatest strengths is the way it represents this fantasy
as folk lore.
As the stories spread they slowly get embellished and changed (just
as folk lore tends to do in real life)-- you could find yourself hearing a story you told someone ages ago only to discover that it's been completely warped into something new.
Not exact matches
Thus the Spanish
folk saying is right, «To make love is to declare one's sorrow» — sorrow for defects and also pain (since the Spanish word here used is like the Italian equivalent do
lore, meaning both sorrow and pain), pain from separation from the beloved, pain suffered
as the self is purified or purged by love.
Not surprisingly, Scandinavian
folk lore values flax seed oil
as a health food.
When failed concert promoter Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) asks down - on - his - luck
folk singer Jack Fate (Dylan) about the importance of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to American rock - and -
lore, the inanity of the answer (and the evasiveness of Dylan's demeanour — «Well, it matters to someone, I guess») isn't mysterious so much
as inane and disingenuous; even the evocation of social phenomena
as important and galvanizing to roots rock and the inner city
as the myth of Stagger Lee is tossed off with a wry flick of the hand.
The way the game works
as like any jrpg is you progress by leveling your characters / team members being demons of several
folk lore and mythological origins.
About Blog Old Growth Alchemy began
as a way to share illuminations of ongoing study in
folk herb craft,
lore, story, and traditional witchery through interaction with the sensuous, animate earth.