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Medieval-themed illustration of a young woman; representative image only (Public Domain/Deriv) — 04 Sep 2017

Putting the Sex Back in Wessex: The Scandalous Reign of Queen Elgiva & Her Clash with a Demon-Fighting Bishop

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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The Queens of England (as in the consorts of Kings) during the early Medieval periods of English history rarely receive any coverage in the history books. Hands up anyone who can name the wife of William the Conqueror? It was Matilda of Flanders...
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Medieval-themed illustration of a young woman; representative image only (Public Domain/Deriv) — 04 Sep 2017

Putting the Sex Back in Wessex: The Scandalous Reign of Queen Elgiva & Her Clash with a Demon-Fighting Bishop

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

3

The Queens of England (as in the consorts of Kings) during the early Medieval periods of English history rarely receive any coverage in the history books. Hands up anyone who can name the wife of William the Conqueror? It was Matilda of Flanders...
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Witch of Eye was burned at the stake. Fire and witch (Public Domain) — 03 Jul 2017

Witch of Eye Burned Alive at the Stake: Did She Use Black Magic to Bewitch a King in a Game of Thrones-Style Plot?

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

For over 900 years, people have been telling stories of wicked witches who have used Black Magic to overthrow kings. Morgan Le Fay in Arthurian legends of the early 12th century is thought to have inspired Melisandre in George R.R. Martin’s Game...
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Witch of Eye was burned at the stake. Fire and witch (Public Domain) — 03 Jul 2017

Witch of Eye Burned Alive at the Stake: Did She Use Black Magic to Bewitch a King in a Game of Thrones-Style Plot?

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

For over 900 years, people have been telling stories of wicked witches who have used Black Magic to overthrow kings. Morgan Le Fay in Arthurian legends of the early 12th century is thought to have inspired Melisandre in George R.R. Martin’s Game...
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Yorkshire Photo Walks (Tom Marsh/CC BY 2.0), and Grey Lady. (CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 19 May 2017

Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads – The Profane Burial of Suicides

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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I uncovered a curious tale about a scrubby patch of land while writing a book on the folklore and history of East Anglia. Marked on modern maps as Lushbush, you pass it heading eastwards out of the South Norfolk town of Harleston, England. A Stake...
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Yorkshire Photo Walks (Tom Marsh/CC BY 2.0), and Grey Lady. (CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 19 May 2017

Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads – The Profane Burial of Suicides

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

I uncovered a curious tale about a scrubby patch of land while writing a book on the folklore and history of East Anglia. Marked on modern maps as Lushbush, you pass it heading eastwards out of the South Norfolk town of Harleston, England. A Stake...
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The Fool with Two Demons / Master of the Ingeborg Psalter — 27 Jan 2017

Fantasies from Evil Spirits? Faeries in the Medieval Imagination

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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“There are also others who say that they see women and girls dancing by night whom they call elvish folk, or faeries, and they believe that these can transform both men and women or, by leaving others in their place, carry them to elf-land; all...
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The Fool with Two Demons / Master of the Ingeborg Psalter — 27 Jan 2017

Fantasies from Evil Spirits? Faeries in the Medieval Imagination

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

0

“There are also others who say that they see women and girls dancing by night whom they call elvish folk, or faeries, and they believe that these can transform both men and women or, by leaving others in their place, carry them to elf-land; all...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Artist’s depiction of a succubus — 27 Jun 2016

Incubi and Succubi: Protection from Dark Magics and Cures for Night Terrors – Part II

By AliciaMcDermott2

Mythology & Mystery

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[Read Part I]Psychological DistressSome researchers have suggested that Incubus/Succubus attacks are related to strong sexual repression. As noted above, tales of Incubi and Succubi were originally linked more with monks and nuns – two groups of...
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Artist’s depiction of a succubus — 27 Jun 2016

Incubi and Succubi: Protection from Dark Magics and Cures for Night Terrors – Part II

By AliciaMcDermott2

Mythology & Mystery

0

[Read Part I]Psychological DistressSome researchers have suggested that Incubus/Succubus attacks are related to strong sexual repression. As noted above, tales of Incubi and Succubi were originally linked more with monks and nuns – two groups of...
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Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons — 24 Jun 2016

Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I

By AliciaMcDermott2

Mythology & Mystery

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Imagine you suddenly awake at night. You feel a sense of panic when you realize that you cannot move. The fear increases when you sense another presence in the room with you. You gasp for breath, but feel the being getting closer and closer. As...
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Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons — 24 Jun 2016

Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I

By AliciaMcDermott2

Mythology & Mystery

0

Imagine you suddenly awake at night. You feel a sense of panic when you realize that you cannot move. The fear increases when you sense another presence in the room with you. You gasp for breath, but feel the being getting closer and closer. As...
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Castrati: The Superstars of the Church and Opera in 16th Century Europe — 25 Apr 2016

Castrati: The Superstars of the Church and Opera in 16th Century Europe

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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“Long live the knife, the blessed knife!” screamed ecstatic female fans at opera houses as the craze for Italian castrati reached its peak in the 18th century. When Farinelli, the most famous castrato of his time, sang in London, one woman...
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Castrati: The Superstars of the Church and Opera in 16th Century Europe — 25 Apr 2016

Castrati: The Superstars of the Church and Opera in 16th Century Europe

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

1

“Long live the knife, the blessed knife!” screamed ecstatic female fans at opera houses as the craze for Italian castrati reached its peak in the 18th century. When Farinelli, the most famous castrato of his time, sang in London, one woman...
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Deriv; William, Dance of Death, alabaster tomb, Italia in Miniatura — 06 Mar 2016

William of Newburgh: Medieval Vampire Hunter?

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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“It would not be easy to believe that the corpses of the dead should sally from their graves, and should wander about to the terror or destruction of the living, did not frequent examples, occurring in our own times, suffice to establish this as...
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Deriv; William, Dance of Death, alabaster tomb, Italia in Miniatura — 06 Mar 2016

William of Newburgh: Medieval Vampire Hunter?

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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“It would not be easy to believe that the corpses of the dead should sally from their graves, and should wander about to the terror or destruction of the living, did not frequent examples, occurring in our own times, suffice to establish this as...
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Do the ghosts of the ill-fated Calverley family still roam? — 04 Mar 2016

Confessions of a Teenage GhostHunter: Keeping the St Marks Eve Vigil and Looking for the Ghost of Sir Walter Calverley

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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When I was a student Leeds University, in the north of England, (this was in the early 1970s) I used to go on nocturnal ghost-hunting forays with one of my flatmates, a medical student called Ralph. I had the notebook and a typewriter. He had the...
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Do the ghosts of the ill-fated Calverley family still roam? — 04 Mar 2016

Confessions of a Teenage GhostHunter: Keeping the St Marks Eve Vigil and Looking for the Ghost of Sir Walter Calverley

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

0

When I was a student Leeds University, in the north of England, (this was in the early 1970s) I used to go on nocturnal ghost-hunting forays with one of my flatmates, a medical student called Ralph. I had the notebook and a typewriter. He had the...
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