| Image | Title | Summary | Categories | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Magically Motivated Refreshments | “These Balshi contrive by their enchantment and their art that the full cups rise up of their own accord from the floor on which they have been standing and come to the Great Khan without anyone touching them.” […] | Orient, Supernatural | 14th Century AD, Celebrity, Issues, Magic, Marco Polo, Repost |
 | Welcome Hengist and Horsa | Whenever there occurs a surplus of population of men, the leaders of the different provinces meet together and order the young men of the entire realm to gather before them. They then cast lots and so pick out the most able and the strongest, who must journey off to foreign lands and seek a living for themselves.” […] | Britons and Celts, History | 12th Century AD, Celebrity, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Issues, Legend, Peoples, Repost |
 | The King Who Pleads Wins | “”Sire,” said they, “we fear the sea, and we are not bound to serve beyond it; speak for us, we pray you, we put the speech upon you. You shall say what you will, and we will do accordingly.” “Do you put it upon me?” said he. “Yes,” said each, “I agree, let us go to the duke; speak for us, for you know our minds.”” […] | History, Western Europe | 12th Century AD, Clean, Diplomacy, Governance, Roman de Rou |
 | A Tale of Tails | “A similar incident occurred in the time of the exile of blessed Thomas primate of England, because to insult him (as they believed, but their wickedness deceived them) the people of Rochester disfigured and cut off his horse’s tail, which has let to their descendants in that place being found both with tails.” […] | Britons and Celts, Medieval Mentality | 15th Century AD, Humanoid, Mild, Miracle, Peoples, Repost, Scotichronicon, Transformation |
 | The Crimes of a Nice Emperor | “The charge of pride was also leveled him, although he had been very humble even as emperor – moreover he was, on the contrary, very polite at banquets, very liberal with signing petitions, and very reasonable over cases of personal freedom.” […] | Greek and Roman, Human Affairs | 4th Century AD, Augustan History, Issues, Justice, Repost |
 | Taming of a Legendary Horse | “Behind her came a foal, of the same height and breadth of chest and rump as his mother, black eyed and holding his tail high, with black testicles, and iron hooves. His body was a wonder to behold, like saffrom petals, mottled red and gold.” […] | Human Affairs, Orient | 10th Century AD, Animals, Horse, Hunting, Legend, Repost, Shahnameh |
 | Lust, Jealousy, and Revenge | “Having called in an old Greek woman who was expert in the preparation of poisons, she persuaded her by means of gifts and promises to concoct a lethal potion. And one evening, without giving the matter a second thought, she served this up to Restagnone.” […] | Greek and Roman, Human Affairs | 14th Century AD, Crime, Decameron, Love, Mild, Sex |
 | The Horn of Forgetting | “In addition he went into a coma and immediately lost his memory altogether. He could scarcely remember that he had a name.” […] | Britons and Celts, Supernatural | 12th Century AD, Gerald of Wales, Issues, Loot, Miracle, Music, Sanity |
 | The Most Famous Last Stand of All | “They attacked harder than every, thrusting at Gisli with their spears until guts spilled out. Gisli gathered the guts up together in his shirt, and bound them with a cord.” […] | Viking, Violence | 13th Century AD, Battle, Death, Duel, Eyri, Gisli's Saga, Honor, Issues, Poetry, Wordplay |
 | Enemies both Foreign and Domestic | “In fact, if I killed you, there are plenty of nobles and politicians in Rome who would thank me for it” […] | Greek and Roman, History | 1st Century AD, Author, Celebrity, Conquest of Gaul, Honor, Issues, Politics, Repost, Speech |
 | Crabs in a Bucket | “I was seated on the ground, taking in those delicious draughts, my face turned up to heaven, my eyes half closed the better to enjoy the toothsome liquor, when the wicked blind man took his revenge. He raised the jug with both hands, and, with all his might, sent it crashing down on my mouth.” […] | Humor, Western Europe | 16th Century AD, Author, Booze, Class, Clean, Cruelty, Generations, Lazarillo, Trickery |
 | Torn Between King and Pope | “It seemed as if we were being tossed about on a wild sea without any oar. Unsure as to what would happen, we were indeed worried and very deeply disturbed.” […] | Medieval Mentality, Western Europe | 12th Century AD, Author, Emotions, Governance, Mild, Religion, Repost, The Deeds of Louis The Fat |
 | Fashion Styles of the Oooold School | “In spite of the fact that you bore me, and his mother only adopted him, his mother loves him, while you, you do not love me!” […] | Human Affairs, Orient | 10th Century BC, Class, Clean, Clothes, Family, Letters from Mesopotamia, Repost |
 | The Hairy Men of Ireland | “It had the human shape, however, in every detail, both as to hands and face and feet; but the entire body was covered with hair as the beasts are, and down the back it had a long coarse mane like that of a horse.” […] | Britons and Celts, Supernatural | 13th Century AD, Clean, Humanoid, King's Mirror, Monsters |
 | The World Doesn’t Revolve Around Us | “The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything within her which appears to decay and to grow old and to be useless she changes into herself, and again makes other new things from these very same, so that she requires neither substance from without nor wants a place into which she may cast that which decays.” […] | Greek and Roman, Medieval Mentality | 2nd Century AD, Clean, Food, Meditations, Philosophy |
 | Competing Prayers to Capricious Gods | “Frea gave counsel that the women of the Winnili should take down their hair and arrange it upon the face like a beard, and that in the early morning they should be present with their husbands and in like manner station themselves to be seen by Godan.” […] | Supernatural, Western Europe | 8th Century AD, Clean, Gender, Gods, Hair, Langobards, Religion, Trickery |
 | Men as Women | “He picked out two young men of his acquaintance who had fresh and girlish faces, but eager and manly spirits, and changed their outward appearance almost entirely by giving them warm baths and keeping them out of the sun, by arranging their hair, and by smoothing their skin and beautifying their complexions with unguents.” […] | Human Affairs | 1st Century AD, Clean, Gender, Plutarch, Ritual |
 | An Ancient Toast Explained | “Vortigern immediately said the words “drinc hail” and ordered Renwein to drink. Then he took the goblet from her hand, kissed her and drank in his turn.” […] | Britons and Celts, Human Affairs | 12th Century AD, Booze, Etiquette, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Issues, Love, Repost |
 | The Gift of Nothing | “So he shewed it to the messenger, and the shrewd varlet said to him off hand, ‘Nought is there, and nought shalt thou have! therefore look for nothing!'” […] | History, Western Europe | 12th Century AD, Clean, Diplomacy, Governance, Roman de Rou, Trickery |
 | A Critique of Style | “Overcoats have sleeves reaching down to the hells | Britons and Celts, Human Affairs | 15th Century AD, Class, Clothes, Mild, Peoples, Poetry, Repost, Scotichronicon |
 | The Vegetarian King of the World | “Often, moreover, even if there was no religious reason, he dined happily on green vegetables and beans, without meat.” […] | Greek and Roman, History | 4th Century AD, Augustan History, Food, Issues, Repost |
 | The Pirate as a Forlorn Lover | “The dashing youth need not have wasted so many words, for the Messinese who were with him, being avid for plunder, already had visions of themselves performing the deed to which Gerbino was inciting them with his oratory. So that when he reached the end of his speech, they filled the air with a thunderous roar of approval, trumpets were sounded, and they all took up their weapons.” […] | Greek and Roman, Humor | 14th Century AD, Decameron, Love, Mild, Ocean, Speech |
 | Apathy for the Damned | “The venerable father and his companions saw how the unhappy man was carried off by a multitude of demons to be tormented and was set on fire among them. He said: ‘Alas for you, my son, that you have received such fate as you have deserved while living.'” […] | Britons and Celts, Medieval Mentality | 10th Century AD, Demon, Immram, Issues, Religion, Repost, Saint Brendan |
 | A Model Viking Wife | “I want to make a deal with you, Aud,” he said. “You tell me where Gisli is and I will give you three hundred pieces of silver, which I have received as the price on his head. In addition, I will arrange a marriage for you that will be superior in every way to this one.” […] | Human Affairs, Viking | 13th Century AD, Eyri, Gender, Gisli's Saga, Honor, Marriage, Trickery, Wordplay |
 | Rally Round the Rich | “. They had a force of six thousand cavalry, each of whom had selected from the whole army, for his personal protection, one infantryman of outstanding courage and speed of foot.” […] | History, Western Europe | 1st Century AD, Conquest of Gaul, Issues, Repost, Tactics |