Professor Scott once told me that the Sylvan Deity of the savages had a real-life prototype in the history of the savages. Some of their mythological stories were not entirely fictional but were intertwined with real history. The Sylvan Deity was an actual person whose story was later mythologized through artistic embellishment.
Regarding the forbidden land of the Vaval Tribe, I doubted there would truly be any bones of Bleak. Even if there were, a bone from ancient times would likely have turned to dust by now. As for the curse, that was debatable.
It was a topic that science couldn't fully explain. If these strange things weren't happening to me, I would never have believed it. With deep suspicion, we finally arrived at the camp where Jocelyn and her group were headed. It was an underg
