The Mare-in-the-Tree

"The real Hours don't meet the gods-from-Nowhere, but the Ring-Yew meets the Mare-in-the-Tree where the Wood grows lush. Their couplings are forbidden, and forbidden things have power, and this is the story of their couplings."

- Mare-in-the-Yew

The Mare-in-the-Tree is one of the Hours, associated with hour XXVII, one of the lost hours. She is one of the Gods-from-Nowhere, and "sometimes has been the Witch's Sister." It is said that among all of the Hours, she is "one of the most perilous" and "she longs to steal [her victims] away". The Mare is insinuated to have forbidden, secret liaisons with The Ring-Yew in the Wood of the Mansus.

Books

 * Birdsong