Curious Myths of the Middle AgesHurst, 1889 - 272 pagina's |
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Pagina 37
... body of the holy Apostle Thomas ; it reaches towards the sunrise over the wastes , and it trends towards deserted Babylon near the tower of Babel . Seventy - two provinces , of which only a few are Christian , serve us . Each has its ...
... body of the holy Apostle Thomas ; it reaches towards the sunrise over the wastes , and it trends towards deserted Babylon near the tower of Babel . Seventy - two provinces , of which only a few are Christian , serve us . Each has its ...
Pagina 40
... body , prevent the sight from waxing feeble , and restore it where it is lost . The more the stone is looked at , the keener be- comes the sight . In our territory is a certain water- less sea , consisting of tumbling billows of sand ...
... body , prevent the sight from waxing feeble , and restore it where it is lost . The more the stone is looked at , the keener be- comes the sight . In our territory is a certain water- less sea , consisting of tumbling billows of sand ...
Pagina 43
... body of the holy prophet Dan- iel , which is near the desolated site of Babylon . In our realm fishes are caught , the blood of which dyes purple . The Amazons and the Brahmins are subject to us . The palace in which our Super- eminency ...
... body of the holy prophet Dan- iel , which is near the desolated site of Babylon . In our realm fishes are caught , the blood of which dyes purple . The Amazons and the Brahmins are subject to us . The palace in which our Super- eminency ...
Pagina 62
... body of a murdered woman was found in a barrel , with a rope twisted round her neck . The poor creature was recognized as a woman of the neighborhood who had vanished four months before . Aymar went to the house which the victim had ...
... body of a murdered woman was found in a barrel , with a rope twisted round her neck . The poor creature was recognized as a woman of the neighborhood who had vanished four months before . Aymar went to the house which the victim had ...
Pagina 63
... body of the wine seller had lain ; then the stick became violently agitated , and the man's pulse rose as though he were in an access of fever . The same motions and symptoms manifested them- selves when he reached the place where the ...
... body of the wine seller had lain ; then the stick became violently agitated , and the man's pulse rose as though he were in an access of fever . The same motions and symptoms manifested them- selves when he reached the place where the ...
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ancient Antichrist appeared arms arrow asked Aymar beautiful believe bird bishop boat brought called century child Christ Christian Church Cleves coins cross curious dæmon dead death Decius deity Diocletian discovered divining rod dragon Duke of Cleves earth Emperor Ephesus eyes fable fish George Greek ground hand head heard heaven Helias hero Iceland inhabitants island Isle Jean d'Arras John Julius Cæsar king lady land legend lived Lohengrin Lord Malchus Marianus Scotus Melusina mermaid monster moon mountain murder mysterious myth mythology Nestorian never night Nisroch Oannes Osiris palace Paradise Paris Pope Pope Joan popular Prester Prester John reign replied romance sacred Saint says schamir seen serpent seven Solomon soul stone story swan sword symbol tablinum tail tale Tammuz tell temple thee thou tion told took Wandering Jew whilst woman
Populaire passages
Pagina 311 - 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 195 - 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 402 - 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 225 - 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 401 - 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 195 - 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 425 - 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 358 - 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 311 - Thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it
Pagina 279 - 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