End of Year (And Anniversary) Reflections

With a Plenitude of Gratitude

Dear Friends,

December arrives, bringing with it Mythological Africans’ one year anniversary (on December 21st), and all I can feel is grateful.

Grateful for the exhilarating ten thousand and counting tweet-long journey it has been.

Grateful for the lessons and discoveries.

Grateful for the support, the friendships and enthusiasm of our community across Twitter, Medium, Substack and YouTube.

Grateful for the curators of the #MythologyMonday, #FairytaleTuesday, #WyrdWednesday, #FolkloreThursday, #FaustianFriday and other mythology and folklore tags whose prompts have driven most of the explorations we’ve done together.

Grateful for the lovely individuals whose interest and support have taken the effort even further than I thought would be possible in one year of activity. I am thinking of:

• All my fellow (and especially African) Mythology, Folklore, Spirituality and Culture enthusiasts whose podcasts, blog posts, Twitter threads and YouTube videos are an ever-delightful source of information and inspiration.

• Drs. Bill Hughes, Kaja Franck, Sam George and all the wonderfully spooky people of the Open Graves & Open Minds Project who gave Mythological Africans a chance to talk about Gothicism in the African context and African Otherfolk (see here, here, here and here) at the Gothic Fairies Conference back in April.

• Dr. Camilla Power and the deliciously refreshing folks over at the Radical Anthropology Group who also gave Mythological Africans a chance to talk about African Riddles (Recording and Slides).

• Sonia James (@pyrobyrd), the indomitable Laura Gibbs(@OnlineCrsLady), Nadine (@StoriesbyNadine), Nisha (@nm_angelfaery), Nadia (@nadiabetk), Greg (@GodysseyPodcast), and so many others who put in effort behind the scenes to make Mythological Africans a success.

• Everyone who has liked, shared, and otherwise engaged with, or supported the work.

I cannot wait to see what 2022 will bring and I am thrilled I get to share it with you all!

I wish you a safe and very happy holidays!

Be well,

Helen