Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

by Sabine Baring-Gould

Overview

From the perspective of Victorian England, folklorist Baring-Gould (1834-1924) retells some well known and more obscure medieval stories. Among other familiar ones are William Tell, Prester John, the Man in the Moon, Saint Patrick's purgatory, the piper of Hameln, swan-maidens, and Theophilus. Longmans, Green, and Company's 1894 edition was apparently not the first, but is the one reproduced here. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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ISBN-13:	9781420941777
Publisher:	Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date:	10/04/2011
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Table of Contents

The Wandering Jew
Prester John
The Divining Rod
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
William Tell
The Dog Gellert
Tailed Men
Antichrist and Pope Joan
The Man in the Moon
The Mountain of Venus
S. Patrick's Purgatory
The Terrestrial Paradise
S. George
S. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
The Legend of the Cross
Schamir
The Piper of Hameln
Bishop Hatto
Melusina
The Fortunate Isles
Swan-Maidens
The Knight of the Swan
The Sangreal
Theophilus
Appendix A. The Wandering Jew
Appendix B. Mountain of Venus
Appendix C. Pre-Christian Crosses
Appendix D. Shipping the Dead
Appendix E. Fatality of Numbers