Over the centuries, however, the Siren transformed. In the Middle Ages, the spread of Christianity throughout Europe saw the Siren morph from a bird-woman into a fish-bodied being, who personified the dangers of both the sea and female sexuality. The seventh-century medieval bestiaryLiber monst...
The palace was commissioned by Charles V to symbolize his imperial status and the triumph of Christianity over Islam in Spain. The building has two floors which house two museums. The ground floor contains the Alhambra Museum, showcasing artifacts from the early Islamic period to the Nasrid era...
The most “classical” of the “classical family sagas”, it has received much attention, on account of its significant contribution to the corpus, the intricacy of its narrative, its perceived historicity and its focus on the period around the Christianisation of Iceland (and presentation of a...