Mythago Wood - Human Characters

Human Characters

Anne Hayden

Edward Wynne-Jones’s daughter who is in her mid 30s during the events of Mythago Wood.

Christian Huxley

Older brother of Stephen Huxley who enters Ryhope wood as an "Outsider" and plays havoc in the woodland.

George Huxley

Father of both Stephen and Christian. George died while in his mid 50's of age from a deteriorating lung disease. It is revealed in The Hollowing and The Bone Forest that George is a tall lean man who is a psychologist who studied with Carl Jung. He also researched archaeology and became obsessed with myths. Over the course of his studies of Ryhope wood, George produces a scientific journal in six volumes, a personal diary and a detailed map of Ryhope wood.

Jennifer Huxley

Wife of George and mother of Stephen and Christian. She is only mentioned in Mythago Wood, but her suicide is a major issue in Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn.

Stephen Huxley

Main character of the story who would have been born during 1927 or 1928; he is in his early 20's of age during the events of Mythago Wood.

Harry Keeton

A local ex-RAF pilot who accompanies Stephen into Ryhope Wood.

Edward Wynne-Jones

A researcher in historical anthropology who teaches at Oxford University. Wynne-Jones is a diminutive and fussy man who smokes a pipe. He is approximately the same age as George Huxley. Together Wynne-Jones and George Huxley study Ryhope Wood extensively during the 1930s. Wynne-Jones makes scientific equipment designed to interact with the paranormal in Ryhope Wood. Wynne-Jones disappears into Ryhope Wood in April 1942.