The Golden Legend Archives - Bone and Sickle

The Dog-Head Saint

July 5, 2026 boneandsickle apocrypha, Catholicism, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, giants, legends, martyrdom, saints, St. Christopher

Today he’s known mainly as a figure from medals carried to insure safe travels, but that image of a giant[…]

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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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Nero: Myth and Monster

May 23, 2021 boneandsickle Ancient Rome, Antichrist, Bible, EPISODE, folklore, history, mermaids, Middle Ages, Nero, revenant, Rome, Satan

Emperor Nero’s reputation for wickedness and depravity had already attained mythic status within a century of his death, making him[…]

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