Curious Myths of the Middle AgesGood Press, 21 nov 2019 - 273 pagina's "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" is an extremely interesting 19th-century analysis of a handful of medieval legends and beliefs. Each chapter retells a myth and then reviews similar myths from various cultures to track their origins. In this book, a reader can find fantastic stories of the courts of pagan goddesses hidden inside mountains, men condemned to perpetual wandering without the welcome rest of death, and the continued terrestrial existence. |
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The Wandering | |
The Divining | |
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus | |
William Tell | |
The Dog Gellert | |
Tailed | |
Antichrist and Pope Joan | |
shoemaker is refusing to suffer the crossladen Savior to rest a moment | |
The Man in the Moon | |
THE CRAFTY HARE | |
Fatality of Numbers | |
The Terrestrial Paradise | |
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