A searchable register of the figures, beasts, and patterns that recur across the oral record — the dramatis personae of human heritage.
Master of the forest who measures travelers by their shadow.
Keeper of the calabash of all stories, told and untold.
Heard the names of his line spoken by the standing stones.
Drank the calabash dry and forgot his own name.
Traded his shadow for passage and was never recognized again.