Tuesday 17 October 2017

"From The Hag And The Hungry Goblin..."

"'From the hag and the hungry goblin
"'That into rags would rend ye;
"'All the sprites that stand by the Horned Man
"'In the Book of Moons defend ye -'"
-SM Stirling, Dies The Fire (New York, 2005), Chapter Thirty-Two, p. 552.

These are a version of the opening lines of "Tom o' Bedlam," which is the source of Poul Anderson's title, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows. We have quoted "Tom o' Bedlam" before. See here.

Does anyone know what the Book of Moons is?

2 comments:

S.M. Stirling said...

"Book of Moons" is a Wiccan reference. Also known as a "Book of Shadows", and it has multiple meanings.

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Mr Stirling,
Thank you. I am familiar with "Book of Shadows" and that it is not a single text.
Paul.