The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/summer)
Aside from mysterious nocturnal creatures and inner earth cults, there are also elves and dwarfs in the forest. There are dark holes in trees that are obviously the entrances to elf homes. There are ancient tree stumps clearly used by the elf-king to address his gathered followers during moonlight ceremonies.
When a wild thunderstorm strikes Chicago at the exact moment of the summer solstice, Karl Seigfried is reminded of the power of a mythopoetic understanding of the natural world.
Sheri Barker encounters a mother black bear and her cubs, and ponders the great bear energy wending its way through the end of summer.
Luke Babb considers the possibility of living and the nature of mythic time.
We’re in the the long and lazy days of summer, and yet, out of habit, I’ve made it into the office. I’m sitting around, minding my own business. I’m good at that. (I’m also good at finding lint, but no one pays me for that.) In the summer, academics are often left to their own devices, daydreaming about research, or travel, or giving everyone an F – that kind of fun. But there’s a hellish risk to visiting the office in the low season: people want to chat. The abandon of summer empowers my colleagues to ask all sorts of questions.