Odder still, the genealogies and biographical accounts flowed into mortal mythologies. Many cultures, from Phoenician to Mayan, Greek to Arthurian, were represented in vellum and hide. The collection extended for a dozen cubits along the wall. Hermione was just about to pluck a volume of the exploits of a particular Valkyrie when the back of her neck prickled with awareness at the presence she loathed above all others.