Middle Ages Archives - Bone and Sickle

Robert the Devil: Medieval Legend, Gothic Opera

June 6, 2026 boneandsickle chapbooks, demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, ghosts, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, medieval, Middle Ages, nuns, opera, Paris Opera, Robert le diable, Robert the Devil, Romanticism, The Monk, theater, Victorian

Robert the Devil is a supernatural medieval legend that inspired a 19th-century French opera, which incorporates key elements from a[…]

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Trolls in Medieval Literature

April 27, 2026 boneandsickle ballads, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Iceland, legends, literature, medieval, Middle Ages, monsters, Norse, Norse religion, Norway, saints, storytelling, troll-cats, trolls, witchcraft, witches

Trolls, as presented in medieval literature, are vastly different from the creatures we encountered in our last episode’s collection of[…]

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St. George, the Dragon, and More

August 29, 2025 boneandsickle Byzantium, Catholicism, dragons, EPISODE, folklore, history, legends, martyrdom, Middle Ages, mumming, Perseus, saints, sea monster, St. George, Thracian Rider

There’s so much more to the figure of St. George than his battle with a dragon. Legends also tell of[…]

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