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The (Literally) Unbelievable Wonders of the East

May 31, 2020 Saxo

“When the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill the bags they have brought with them with sand, and start for home again as fast as they can go; for the ants (as is said in the Persian’s story) smell them and at once give chase.” […]

Greek and Roman

Werewolf: Origins

May 17, 2020 Saxo

“His vesture was changed into hair, his limbs became crooked; a wolf.” […]

Britons and Celts

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.” […]

Greek and Roman

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.” […]

Supernatural

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.” […]

Supernatural

High-Stakes World of Smith Apprenticeship

December 4, 2019 Saxo

“If the dwarfs want to murder you before I come back, take the sword and defend yourself with it, and let me find out that I have a son and not a daughter.” […]

Greek and Roman

Evidence of Mer-Folk

November 26, 2019 Saxo

“I have illustrious knights as authority for the assertion that a Triton has been seen by them in the Gulf of Gades, perfect resembling a man in his physical appearance.” […]

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