Fruit of Mythic Dreaming: Imagined Folklore and Otherworld Botany

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In the pages of this beguiling book, Bethany van Rijswijk’s imagined folklore conjures histories that must be felt to be believed. Styled as fragments of lost texts and scholarly works and accompanied by Bethany’s evocative collages, these tales speak of encounters with fairy cats and petrified flowers found in ice caves. They tell of the ways of hog witches, the rites of bear marriage, and the weaving of spider silk, drawing readers into new realms of possibility.

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Artist

Bethany van Rijswijk

Size

5.8 x 8.25 inches

Material

Softbound with full-color art

Pages

40

Bethany van Rijswijk

Bethany van Rijswijk is a collage artist and writer based in Tasmania, Australia. Her visual art has been exhibited within Australia and internationally, and she has been granted residencies in Tasmania, New Zealand, and Sweden. Her collages have been featured in various print publications, including Broccoli Magazine, Mushroom People, Catnip Magazine, Future Lutruwita, and Folklore for Resistance.

In 2023, her book of essays and collages exploring the folklore of poisonous plants and fungi entitled The Invisible Harvest: A Microhistory of Heretical Herbs was published by Broccoli Publishing. She is currently collaborating with Broccoli on a series of collaged oracle decks which includes The Mushroom Oracle, The Seashell Oracle and The Flower Oracle.