I want to find the weirdest claim about the Middle Ages** on Wikipedia.*** And I mean the weirdest. That's right--so weird that normally oriented typefaces fail to capture the weirdness, requiring the use of type variants that are tilted slightly to the right!
Got Medieval hat heute den Gewinner bekanntgegeben:
Sadly, I'm not sure if my favorite bit of historical amusement from wikipedia falls into the correct time period. The wiki says "medieval" but the actual written source is much later. Never the less, for your amusement:
"In medieval Iceland there were several magical staves, or rune-like symbols credited with magical effects."
Including:
"Nábrókarstafur - Necropants, a pair of pants made from the skin of a dead man that are capable of producing an endless supply of money."
Necropants, my friends. Necro. Pants. And this is why Iceland is fucking METAL.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_magical_staves
Soweit ich das verfolgen konnte stammt der einzig auffindbare ursprüngliche Beleg vom Isländischen Museum für Magie und Hexerei, niemand weiß ob es stimmt, aber die Geschichte ist gut erfunden.
Andere Einträge sind der Mann mit der Bratpfanne aus der Festungsmauer, die isländische Blutrache, die Tote verhindert, Weißwangengänse, die der mittelalterlichen Kirche nach Fische und keine Vögel waren oder auch
"According to the narrative, sometimes set in Portugal, a teen-aged noblewoman named Wilgefortis had been promised in marriage by her father to a pagan king. To thwart the unwanted wedding, she had taken a vow of virginity, and prayed that she would be made repulsive. In answer to her prayers she sprouted a beard, which ended the engagement. In anger, Wilgefortis's father had her crucified." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilgefortis
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