Romanticism 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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Grottos, Caves of Wonder

March 5, 2022 boneandsickle apparitions, Catholicism, EPISODE, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, Grottos, Lourdes, nymphs, renaissance, Romanticism, Virgin Mary

Grottos are a peculiar subset of caves, usually small and picturesque, and often associated with wonders both otherworldly and manmade. NOTE:[…]

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The Dead Lover’s Heart

February 13, 2022 boneandsickle ballads, cannibalism, death, Decameron, EPISODE, folklore, gore, history, holidays, homicide, horror, legends, literature, love, Mary Shelley, murder, murder ballads, Romanticism, seduction, Valentine's Day

Whether freshly removed or strangely preserved after death, the dead lover’s heart occasionally has continued to be embraced as a[…]

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