Curious Myths of the Middle Ages |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 53
Pagina 3
I can linger over those noble woodcuts , and learn from them something new
each time that I study them ; they are picture - poems full of latent depths of
thought . And now let us to the history of this most thrilling of all mediæval myths ,
if a myth ...
I can linger over those noble woodcuts , and learn from them something new
each time that I study them ; they are picture - poems full of latent depths of
thought . And now let us to the history of this most thrilling of all mediæval myths ,
if a myth ...
Pagina 5
The historical evidence on which the tale rests is , however , too slender for us to
admit for it more than the barest claim to be more than myth . The names and the
circumstances connected with the Jew and his doom vary in every account , and
...
The historical evidence on which the tale rests is , however , too slender for us to
admit for it more than the barest claim to be more than myth . The names and the
circumstances connected with the Jew and his doom vary in every account , and
...
Pagina 24
... how wanting they are in all substantial evidence which could make us regard
the story in any other light than myth . But no myth is wholly without foundation ,
and there must be some substantial verity upon which this vast superstructure of
...
... how wanting they are in all substantial evidence which could make us regard
the story in any other light than myth . But no myth is wholly without foundation ,
and there must be some substantial verity upon which this vast superstructure of
...
Pagina 25
... which , as often as it is expended , returns to the spender.T In the Harz one
form of the Wild Huntsman * Aventinus , Bayr . Chronik , viii . † Meier ,
Schwäbischen Sagen , i . 116 . myth is to this effect : that he was a The
Wandering Jew . 25.
... which , as often as it is expended , returns to the spender.T In the Harz one
form of the Wild Huntsman * Aventinus , Bayr . Chronik , viii . † Meier ,
Schwäbischen Sagen , i . 116 . myth is to this effect : that he was a The
Wandering Jew . 25.
Pagina 26
myth is to this effect : that he was a Jew who had refused to suffer our Blessed
Lord to drink out of a river , or out of a horse - trough , but had contemptuously
pointed out to Him the hoof - print of a horse , in which a little water had collected
...
myth is to this effect : that he was a Jew who had refused to suffer our Blessed
Lord to drink out of a river , or out of a horse - trough , but had contemptuously
pointed out to Him the hoof - print of a horse , in which a little water had collected
...
Wat mensen zeggen - Een review schrijven
LibraryThing Review
Gebruikersrecensie - MiaCulpa - LibraryThingBaring-Gould covers an interesting array of topics, from well-known subjects like the Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Tell, to obscure subjects like the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and Bishop Hatto ... Volledige review lezen
LibraryThing Review
Gebruikersrecensie - D.ElaineCalderin - LibraryThingA must read for students of folklore and mythology and a must have reference book for modern fantasy fiction authors. Hard to find mythos in an easy to read and easy to follow volume. Intriguing. Volledige review lezen
Overige edities - Alles weergeven
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
According ancient Antichrist appeared arms asked beautiful believe bird body born brought called century child Christ Christian Church cross dead death discovered divining earth entered eyes fable feet fish four gave George given gives Greek ground half hand head heard heaven human inhabitants island Italy John king lady land leaving legend light lived Lohengrin look Lord manner means moon mountain myth never night obtained once opened origin Paris passed Persian popular present reached regarded remains replied represented rest sacred Saint says seen sent serpent seven side similar stand stone story supposed swan symbol tail taken Tammūz tell temple tion told took turned Wandering Jew whilst woman young
Populaire passages
Pagina 309 - the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building
Pagina 193 - Cal. I have seen thee in her; and I do adore thee. My mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush." The dog I have myself had pointed out to me by an old Devonshire crone. If popular superstition places a dog in the moon, it puts a lamb in
Pagina 400 - set them downe, and in one of their laps King Arthur laide his head. And then that queene said, ' Ah ! deer brother, why have ye tarried so long from me? Alas ! this wound on your head hath taken over much cold." And so then they rowed from the land, and Sir Bedivere
Pagina 223 - The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter.
Pagina 399 - take the little bed on which I died For Lancelot's love, and deck it like the Queen's For richness, and me also like the Queen In all I have of rich, and lay me on it. And let there be prepared a chariot-bier To take me to the river, and a barge Be ready on the river, clothed in black.
Pagina 193 - Out o' th' moon, I do assure thee. I was the man in th' moon when time was. " Cal. I have seen thee in her; and I do adore thee. My mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush.
Pagina 423 - If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. But now is Christ risen from the
Pagina 356 - so exemplary for her conjugal affection. Her husband, Sir Richard, and she chanced, during their abode in Ireland, to visit a friend, the head of a sept, who resided in an ancient baronial castle surrounded with a moat. At midnight she was awakened by a ghastly and supernatural scream, and
Pagina 309 - Thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it
Pagina 277 - is still used in Iceland as a magical sign in connection with storms of wind and rain. King Olaf, Longfellow tells us, when keeping Christmas at Drontheim — "O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the Cross Divine, As he drank, and
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Curious Myths of the Middle Ages |
| Auteur | Sabine Baring-Gould |
| Uitgever | Little, Brown, 1889 |
| Lengte | 453 pagina's |
| Citatie exporteren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |