Echoes of Dead Worlds

Merlin’s First Prophesy

March 21, 2020 Saxo

“The serpents began to struggle with each other; and the white one, raising himself up, threw down the other and sometimes drove him to the edge; and this was repeated thrice.” […]

Roland’s Mighty Blow

March 19, 2020 Saxo

“Down through the saddle with gold inlaid, till sank in the living horse the blade, severed the spine where no joint was found, and horse and rider lay dead on ground.”
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The Death of Attila the Hun

March 17, 2020 Saxo

“There they found the death of Attila accomplished by an effusion of blood, without any wound, and the girl with downcast face weeping beneath her veil.” […]

A Legend in Love and War

March 15, 2020 Saxo

“The found in a cave a strange being, between a maiden and a serpent, whose form from the waist upwards was like that of a woman, while all below was like a snake.” […]

Viking Gallows Humor

March 14, 2020 Saxo

“At that very moment he pulled his head away sharply so that the blow fell on the man who was holding the hair and cut off both arm at the elbows.” […]

The Monstrous Visage of a “Mer-maid”

March 11, 2020 Saxo

“This appears to have the form of a woman from the waist upwards, for it has large nipples on its breast like a woman, long hands and heavy hair, and its neck and head are formed in every respect like those of a human being.” […]

Beware the Condemnations of a Horny Historian

March 9, 2020 Saxo

“Often when she was alone with other actors she would undress in their midst and arch her back provocatively, advertising like a peacock both to those who had experience of her and to those who had not yet had that privilege her trained suppleness.” […]