And contrary to what was once assumed, medieval people did not necessarily believe all the unusual creatures actually existed. They instead most likely viewed them as part of stories designed to ...

Inherited from Classical culture, medieval sirens were depicted as part-human from the waist up, and part-bird or part-fish from the waist down. Some early examples combine avian and piscine ...

In the West, the Middle Ages was a superstitious time, a time when what was real and unreal became blurred. Dragons, witches, basilisks, and zombies were just some of the beasts that offered an ...