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Lord Edward's Crusade, [2] sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Edward, Duke of Gascony (later king as Edward I) in 1271–1272. In practice an extension of the Eighth Crusade , it was the last of the Crusades to reach the Holy Land before the fall of Acre in 1291 brought an end to ...
Chalkydri – heavenly creatures of the Sun; Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird; Cinnamon bird – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon; Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death; Gagana – a miraculous bird with an iron beak and copper claws
The Historical Atlas of World Mythology is a multi-volume series of books by Joseph Campbell that traces developments in humankind's mythological symbols and stories from pre-history forward. Campbell is perhaps best known as a comparativist who focused on universal themes and motifs in human culture.
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Legendary creatures from Europe, supernatural animal or paranormal entities, generally hybrids, sometimes part human (such as sirens), whose existence has not or cannot be proven. They are described in folklore (including myths and legends), but also may be featured in historical accounts before modernity
Lord Edward's Crusade (1271–1272) (Crusade of Lord Edward of England, the Ninth Crusade, or the Last Crusade) Plans for a Joint Latin-Greek Crusade (1274–1276) Crusade of Henry of Mecklenburg (1275) Lithuanian Crusades (1284–1435) Crusade against the Aragonese (1284–1285) (Aragonese Crusade, or Crusade of Aragon) Siege of Acre (1291)
The 1271 siege of Tripoli was initiated by the Mamluk ruler Baibars against the Frankish ruler of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli, Bohemond VI.It followed the dramatic fall of Antioch in 1268, and was an attempt by the Mamluks to completely destroy the Crusader states of Antioch and Tripoli.
Descriptions of pilgrims to the Holy Land began long before the Crusades, as early as the 3rd century AD. [7]Origen. Origen (c. 184 – c. 253), a Christian scholar who wrote In Joannem (Commentary on John) about the desire of Christians to search after the footprints of Christ.