Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

Editor's Preface

Biography of Sabine Baring-Gould

I.

The Wandering Jew

II.

Prester John

III.

The Divining Rod

IV.

The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

V.

William Tell

VI.

The Dog Gellert

VII.

Tailed Men

VIII.

Anti-Christ and Pope Joan

IX.

The Man in the Moon

X.

The Mountain of Venus

XI.

S. Patrick's Purgatory*

XII.

The Terrestrial Paradise

XIII.

S. George*

XIV.

S. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins*

XV.

The Legend of the Cross*

XVI.

Schamir*

XVII.

The Piper of Hameln*

XVIII.

Bishop Hatto*

XIX.

Melusina**

XX.

The Fortunate Isles**

XXI.

Swan Maidens**

XXII.

The Knight of the Swan**

XXIII.

The Sangreal**

XXIV.

Theophilus**

Appendix A.

The Wandering Jew**

Appendix B.

the Mountain of Venus**

Appendix C.

Pre-Christian Crosses**

Appendix D.

Shipping of the Dead**

Appendix E.

Fatality of Numbers**