Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder: The Venomous Ma, Lecouteux, Lecouteux.+

Tales of Witchcraft and WonderThe Venomous Maiden and Other Stories of the Supernatural\nAuthor(s): Claude Lecouteux, Corinne Lecouteux\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, United States\nImprint: Inner Traditions Bear and Company\nISBN-13: 9781644111703, 978-1644111703\nSynopsis\nA collection of tales from the Middle Ages focused on otherworldly powers, magical animals, miracles, demonic apparitions, and supernatural events\n\n Offers commentary for each story, revealing its historical context, cultural and esoteric associations, and hidden pagan beliefs \n\n Explores how the tales transformed over the ages and their origins in Classical Antiquity, the Middle East, and India \n\n Includes stories never-before-translated from their original Latin and many purposely left in obscurity due to scandalous depictions of popes and other notables \n\nThe Middle Ages witnessed the blossoming of oral traditions whose echoes can still be found in many legends, fables.