S. Baring-Gould

CONTENTS.

The Wandering Jew.

Prester John.

The Divining Rod.

The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.

William Tell.

The Dog Gellert.

Tailed Men.

Antichrist and Pope Joan.

The Man in the Moon.

The Mountain of Venus.

Fatality of Numbers.

The Terrestrial Paradise.

Transcriber's Note

There is a small amount of Greek text in this book. To see a transliteration, hover your mouse over words with a red dotted underline, e.g. βιβλος.

CURIOUS MYTHS

OF

THE MIDDLE AGES.

BY

S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1867.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
No. 4 Spring Lane.

University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.,
Cambridge.

POPE JOAN.
From Joh. Wolfii Lect. Memorab. (LavingÆ, 1600.)