Neil Philip
@neilphilipmyth
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Author, poet, mythographer and folklorist. Lover of cats, words, and laughter. Children's books and literature too.
Joined February 2018
"Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter." Maya Deren's definition of myth in her book Divine Horsemen (aka The Voodoo Gods) is the best I have ever come across. #TheHiddenMatrix @unbounders
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RT @SimoninSuffolk: The poet Charles Causley was born #OTD 24 August 1917. A 65th birthday tribute in 1982 by his friend Philip Larkin incl….
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Hawker dragonfly in my house yesterday. I let it out, but not before it posed for a snap. The dragonflies breed in my lily pond.
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RT @christiwhittem: Mid-August 2025. 10th anniv of publication of my novel INSCRIPTION (Sowilo Press). So grateful it won the Eludia Prize….
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I love this cheeky entry in Kenneth MacLeish's otherwise sober Myths and Legends of the World. Have Aywell and Mm reappeared in any subsequent books? I hope so.
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I am getting better every day. This was on Saturday. I haven't looked so well and so much like myself since before I had my stroke in March '23. To think 7 months ago two doctors told me I was about to die, and I am reliably told I looked like it. So thrilled to be "me" again.
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In all the outpouring of love and admiration for Allan Ahlberg, I haven't seen anyone mention his poignant, moving, and amusing childhood memoir, The Bucket. Great book. When strapped for cash I sold my pristine copy of Peepo! signed by both Allan & Janet. Needs must.
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RT @MichaelRosenYes: Under-5s are as human as any other age of human. Allen and whoever he collaborated with are people who could talk to….
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"I'm not so green as I'm cabbage-looking." This, in various permutations, is a well-loved phrase of mine. Anyone else got a favourite idiom they have made their own?.
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RT @CentreMyth: Jeremy Harte will be here in Todmorden on Saturday!.Anyone who has read his books, or seen Jeremy speak will tell you that….
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Some scarce items from my extensive Charles Causley collection. Charles gave me the two books of poems by his pupils (which show a pronounced Causley influence), each one dedicated and inscribed. @causleytrust @PNovelistGale
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A Letter is a joy of Earth -.It is denied the Gods -. Emily Dickinson, poem 1639.
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It's not often a book comes that takes your breath away. Such is the case with this wonderfully researched and accessibly written account of the slow demise of paganism in Eastern/Northern Europe. So much I didn't know. @DrFrancisYoung - congratulations on a brilliant book.
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RT @FolkLifeStudies: Are you coming to the annual @FolkLifeStudies conference? (12-15 Sept in Gloucester) Our themes include Food Cultures….
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RT @PieCorbett: Interested in improving reading ? Get in touch with me to find out more about talk for reading. Beacon PS, despite 47% pp a….
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How many people have been strictly instructed by their GP to eat crisps? All to counter low sodium. .
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