

Akers takes that mythological observation and gives it a literal, visceral physicality that owes more to Miyazaki’s brilliant Princess Mononoke than to anything out of European myth or folklore.



You may know the old saw about how a conquered people’s gods will become their conquerors’ demons. Those dark forests are where Akers gets up to some impressive hijinks. At first glance, the setting appears to be an old-school medieval European fantasy world with knights, peasants, heraldry, tournaments, and dark forests full of monsters. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series down to a more manageable scale. OL20018812W Page_number_confidence 96.90 Pages 614 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.11 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210414091300 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 749 Scandate 20210405113308 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781783297375 Tts_version 4.It’s a tempting mistake to see The Pagan Night as an attempt to pare George R.R. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:09:06 Boxid IA40088318 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
