A Redtail's Dream

Ville the talking dog is afraid of moths!
The discovery of this webcomic came about from starting to read The Cosmic Tourist, where the authors mentioned "revontulet", the Finish myth of the aurora borealis. Having already read (and loved) the Kalevala, I realised there must be more Finish mythology I had missed...Minna Sundberg was a brilliant find, a beautiful story entwined with mythology; snakes marked by lightning waiting for Ukko the sky-god to strike them with lightning so that they go to heaven; Kokko, the second most powerful bird of the Bird's Path; The Swan of Tuonela; Hannunvaakuna, Seal of Hannu, a sign bringing good luck and wards off evil; and the (evil) moose of Hiisi.
I loved the illustrations, the culture, the show more characters, and most of all learning about the myths, even little explanations on the pages, such as Fallen into an avanto (meaning Finish for a hole in the ice). show less

A boy and his dog are the only survivors of a mystical accident by a mischievous fox spirit that leaves the rest of their village in danger of death, so it's up to them to go through dreamworlds based on Finnish mythology and rescue everyone before they're swept off to the afterlife - or before the fox decides to cover up his accident by hurrying everyone's deaths along. The art is amazing.

An utterly lovely read.