Myth-Land

CHAPTER I.

Introduction--"A Description of 300 Animals"--Unicorn--The Bible Unicorn--The Heraldic Unicorn--The Horn as a Poison Test--The Unicorn of Mediæval Legend--Wolf Causing Dumbness--The Rompo or Man-eater--The Manticora--The Lamia--Stag Antipathies--Dragons--Dragon-slaying-- Legends of the Saints--The "Legenda Aurea"--St. George--Mediæval Recipes--The &quo...