The Shadowland of the North-Northwest Wind

"I am but mad north-northwest; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw."
Hamlet

"But if you would understand form and structure, it is in the shades of gray that they are revealed. It is there, once we are no longer distracted by color, that we can see the subtle gradations of shadow and light which reveal true form." 
Kristin Kenlan

 

 

Direction North by Northwest	Wind Color Gray - Liath	Attributes The wind of shadowed light	Wind Name Lips
Tools Yggdrasil bracelet	Stone	Flute Eagle bone whistle	Flower
Hosts Wraiths	Guide/Master (F) Daorach	Guide/Master (M) Buathadh	Scent
Lessons	Bird Raven	Owl Sooty	Gateway to the underworld
Herb Crowberry	Animal Grizzly bear	Season:  early winter -  Days of gray skies
A journey to the North Northwest wind		Journey to Liath

 

The Guides and Hosts of Liath are not necessarily people you want to deal with.  There may be times when you will need their help but you should always remain aware that dealing with them is like dealing with the inmates running the asylum. 

These elusive and robust Owls have the largest eyes of any Masked Owl. They are the great dark Owls of the southern Australian rainforests, where they live in the deepest gullies. Known also as Black Owls or Dusky Barn Owls, they are rarely seen or heard, for few people venture into their forbidding habitat at night. The Sooty and lesser Sooty Owls are the most nocturnal of all Australian Owls.