Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

Voorkant
Cosimo, Inc., 1 okt 2007 - 388 pagina's
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, first published in 1866, is a collection of 24 of the most commonly held superstitions of the Medieval era. For each story, Baring-Gould presents his research into the history and possible inspiration for the myth. Included among these familiar tales are: . The Wandering Jew, the story of the Jewish shoemaker who is doomed to wander the Earth until the Second Coming . William Tell, the Swiss hero who shot an apple off his son's head . Saint George, a Christian who suffered seven torturous deaths only to be revived each time, healthy and unhurt . The Fortunate Isles, also known as Atlantis; this myth posits the existence of a magical land in the west where paradise awaits. English hagiographer and scholar SABINE BARING-GOULD (1834-1924) published a book of English folk songs entitled Songs of the West in 1889 and wrote many hymns, including "Onward, Christian Soldiers."
 

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The Wandering Jew
1
Prester John
18
The Divining Rod
31
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
51
William Tell
62
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68
The Dog Gellert
74
Tailed Men
81
Schamir
215
The Piper of Hameln
233
Bishop Hatto
251
Melusina
266
The Fortunate Isles
295
SwanMaidens
316
The Knight of the Swan
327
The Sangreal
341

Antichrist and Pope Joan
90
The Man in the Moon
106
The Mountain of Venus
117
S Patricks Purgatory
128
The Terrestrial Paradise
140
S George
149
S Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
177
The Legend of the Cross
190
Theophilus
354
Appendix A The Wandering Jew
359
B Mountain of Venus
362
PreChristian Crosses
364
Shipping the Dead
366
E Fatality of Numbers
368
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Pagina 32 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

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