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folklore • strange histories • symbols • old texts • curious connections
Useful Rabbit Holes
For the questions that open another door: folklore, strange histories, old texts, symbolism, and the discoveries that make you pull your chair a little closer to the desk.
well, that got interesting
One question. Several doors. A suspicious number of tabs.
Useful Rabbit Holes is where the Gazette wanders further: into the stories behind a custom, the history of a symbol, the words in an old text, or a connection that deserves more than a passing mention.
This shelf makes room for curiosity and careful reading. We can enjoy a fascinating possibility while keeping track of the sources, the uncertainties, and the difference between a recorded history and a compelling interpretation.
Follow the Story
Folklore, customs, and the stories people carry from one telling to the next.
Look at the Source
Old texts, historical records, translations, and the context around the words.
Notice the Connections
Shared images, recurring themes, and questions worth examining more closely.
Keep the Question Open
“I don’t know yet” is a perfectly useful research note. Leave yourself somewhere to go next.
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Choose a Rabbit Hole
Folklore, strange histories, symbols, old texts, and curious connections. New explorations arrive here as they’re published.
the thread on the desk
The first explorations are taking shape.
Stories to trace, sources to examine, and questions with unexpectedly long answers will find their home here as they’re published. Bring a notebook. Possibly a second cup of coffee.
one door further
What Lives Here
Folklore, unusual histories, symbols, and sources that invite another question.
stories that travel
Folklore & Old Tales
Stories, customs, and local traditions, with attention to where they were told, who recorded them, and how tellings differ.
the past gets interesting
Strange Histories
Unusual historical details, changing practices, and the stories behind familiar ideas that deserve a closer look.
more than a familiar shape
Symbols & Their Stories
Images, motifs, and emblems explored through their settings, uses, and changing meanings across time.
follow the next thread
Old Texts & Curious Connections
Older works, interesting passages, and recurring themes, with sources to follow and room for questions and competing interpretations.
bring a notebook
A good rabbit hole leaves a trail you can follow back.
Keep the curiosity. Keep enough of the research trail to see how you got there.
Find the Source
Who wrote it, when, and in what context? Follow a quotation or claim back as far as the available sources allow.
Label the Interpretation
Keep the recorded detail, a later interpretation, and your own questions distinct. Each has its place in the notebook.
Leave Another Question
You can finish a page without finishing the subject. Note what you want to investigate next and give the next visit somewhere to begin.
one more page, probably
Curiosity has a habit of finding another doorway.
Follow what interests you. Read a little closer. Keep the sources beside the questions. There is always another thread tucked into the Cabinet.