HISTORY: MEDIEVAL : FOLKLORE LEGENDS AND MYTHS: Some Sources that Discuss Legends and Myths that Have Developed Regarding Medieval History

[David P. Dillard]

This post shares some websites, book titles, and a discussion group's
content for finding about some of the myths that have developed over time
regarding medieval history. Please note that this post also contains some
clues for using Google that will have applications in quite a few other
types of research. Most importantly notice the significance of the
capability of searching Google Print for the internal content of books
such as a citation in the bibliography of a book. Secondly, keep in mind
that public archives of discussion groups, such as that of a medieval
history discussion group, Mediev-L, are visited not only by people who are
not members of the discussion group, but also by search engines.

On to what has been found on this topic.


Here is a website that mixes medieval myths with quite a bit of other
myth.

Myths and Legends
http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html

and another website on this topic:

MYTHS ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES
James Franklin
<http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/medmyths.html>


This book may also be useful in this area.

The Medieval Myths
Norma Lorre Goodrich - Author
Book: Paperback | 5.59 x 7.91in | 304 pages | ISBN 0452011280 | 01 Jun
1994 | Plume
Penguin

Here is another pertinent website.

Medieval Legends
http://www.sji.ca/nlla/libweek2004/links.html

This one might be some fun to have a look at, a treatment of this subject
from the K-12 student world.

Myths and Legends
by Morgan
<http://library.thinkquest.org/J002390/myths.html>

Google Print finds some content in this book, specifically on page 59

Title Roots of Hate
Author(s) William Brustein
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication Date October 13, 2003
Subject History / General History
Format Paperback
Pages 400
Dimensions 6.06 x 9.16 x 0.94 in
ISBN 0521774780

The bibliography of this book lists a 1977 publication on medieval myth

Bibliographic information

Title Celtic Magic
Author(s) D J Conway
Publisher Llewellyn Worldwide
Publication Date April 1, 1990
Subject New Age / Parapsychology
Format Paperback
Pages 240
Dimensions 4.17 x 6.85 x 0.62 in
ISBN 0875421369

on page 205 of the above title,
Cited
Goodrich. Medieval Myths. 1977

Goodrich, Norma
Lorne. Medieval Myths. NY: New American Library, 1977

The above same book is also cited here on page 247.

Title Magick of the Gods and Goddesses
Author(s) D J Conway
Publisher The Crossing Press
Publication Date October 1, 2003
Subject New Age / Parapsychology
Format Paperback
Pages 448
Dimensions 6.88 x 9.84 x 1.27 in
ISBN 1580911536

These books may also be worth a look.

Legendary islands of the Atlantic;
a study in medieval geography,
Babcock, William Henry
New York, American Geographical Society, 1922

Legends of chivalry: medieval myth
Author: Allan, Tony.; Bishop, Clifford.
Publication: Amsterdam : Time-Life Books, 2000

Medieval myths, legends, and songs
Trembinski, Donna
New York, NY : Crabtree Pub.c Co., 2005

Also regarding the search of the archives of Mediev-L, consideration may
want to be given to asking Mr Google for help on this one too. Here it is
important to know a specific trick about using Mr Google. Go to the end
of the first set of results and click on the hyperlinked text "repeat the
search with the omitted results included." to see the bulk of what the
search in Google found.

This is the search

"mediev-l" and myths

This is the web URL for this search.

<http://www.google.com/search?q=
%22mediev-l%22+and+myths&hl=en&lr=&filter=0>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/h0lz>

This is the Google search result for this search.

Web Results 1 - 10 of about 239 for "mediev-l" and myths.

Search Results Content Sample:

MEDIEV-L:37593] Vinland Map still fascinates
To: "Mediev-L" <medi...@listproc.cc.ku.edu>; Subject: [MEDIEV-L:37593]
...
And coming a month later will be a book-length study titled "Maps, Myths
and Men ...
www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/ mediev-l/melcher/2004/02/msg00092.html - 11k -
Cached - Similar pages

[MEDIEV-L:37594] Re: Vinland Map still fascinates
To: Mediev-L <MEDI...@listproc.cc.ku.edu>; Subject: [MEDIEV-L:37594] Re:
...
Myths and Men, the Story of the Vinland Map," which will > make the case
that ...
www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/ mediev-l/melcher/2004/02/msg00093.html - 13k -
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Mail Thread Index
... Just how far..... Paul Hederer. [WWI-L:50312] Book review: "German
Myths in the ... World
war, 1917-1918, Mike Yared; [MEDIEV-L:39065] Re: Bathing, was Re: RE: top
...
www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/wwi-l/2004/06/threads.html - 21k - Supplemental
Result - Cached - Similar pages

Marco Polo Yes, but what about Marco Polo!?! Gary Cooper stuffing ...
One of the aspects I have most enjoyed about Mediev-L is that it is such a
...
Sharon Krossa was quite active in correcting many myths not too long ago.
...
www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/movies/filmtalk.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

The Bad Old Days - Floors
Elsewhere at About. Myths of Women's HistoryUrban Legends ... Interesting
and
Educational Stuff?" In MEDIEV-L [MEDI...@raven.cc.ukans.edu]. 16 May
1999. ...
historymedren.about.com/ od/dailylifesociety/a/bod_floors.htm - 34k -
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Article: Modern Medieval Map Myths, by Michael Livingston
... Our modern myth that medieval people thought the Earth was flat rests
in two ... medieval
ignorance on this topic, see Paul Halsall's post on the Mediev-L listserv
...
strangehorizon.com/2002/20020610/medieval_maps.shtml - 31k - Supplemental
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KUNG FOO | let us waste your time
... Sea-Kings, and Dragons accessible here: [link] , he states: Our modern
myth that
medieval ... on this topic, see Paul Halsall's post on the Mediev-L
listserv. ...
www.kungfoo.com/index.php/comment/ 4442/forums/post_comment/reply/36054 -
20k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval History in the Movies
(See Braveheart for the same myth) -[From Mediev-l List "Worst Medieval
Films"
Discussion] -I must protest at the inclusion of The Warlord in this ...
www.fordham.edu/halsall/medfilms.html - Similar pages

Myths, Medieval and Otherwise.. (87)
... Re: Myths, Medieval and Otherwise. Re: Myths, Medieval and Otherwise.
Re:
MEDIEV-L Digest - 20 Jan 1995 to 21 Jan 1995; Re: Myths, Medieval and
Otherwise. ...
www.uni-heidelberg.de/subject/ hd/fak7/hist/o1/logs/mt/t9/950115-026/ -
12k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Modern technology for searching old myths is getting very interesting.


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David Dillard
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