Legends of FlorenceFront matterReading editionChapter navigation47 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLegends of Florence Collected from the PeoplePREFACETHE THREE HORNS OF MESSER GUICCIARDINITHE PILLS OF THE MEDICIFURICCHIA, OR THE EGG-WOMAN OF THE MERCATO VECCHIOTHE LANTERNS OF THE STROZZI PALACETHE GOBLIN OF LA VIA DEL CORNOFRATE GIOCONDO, THE MONK OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLATHE LEGEND OF THE CROCE AL TREBBIOTHE TWO FAIRIES OF THE WELL a legend of the via calzaioliTHE STORY OF THE VIA DELLE SERVE SMARRITETHE BRONZE BOAR OF THE MERCATO NUOVOTHE GOBLIN OF THE TOWER BELLA TRINITA, OR THE PORTA SAN NICCOLOTHE GHOST OF MICHEL ANGELOTHE APPARITION OF DANTELEGENDS OF LA CERTOSALEGENDS OF THE BRIDGES IN FLORENCETHE BASHFUL LOVER a legend of the chiesa santa lucia in the via de’ bardiLA FORTUNA a legend of the via de’ cerchiTHE STORY OF THE UNFINISHED PALACE a legend of the via del proconsoloTHE DEVIL OF THE MERCATO VECCHIOSEEING THAT ALL WAS RIGHT a legend of the porta a san nicolòTHE ENCHANTED COW OF LA VIA VACCHERECCIATHE WITCH OF THE PORTA ALLA CROCETHE COLUMN OF COSIMO, OR DELLA SANTA TRINITALEGENDS OF OR’ SAN MICHELETHE WITCH OF THE ARNOSTORIES OF SAN MINIATOTHE FRIAR’S HEAD OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE—THE LADY WHO CONFESSED FOR EVERYBODY—HOLY RELICSBIANCONE, THE GIANT STATUE IN THE SIGNORIATHE RED GOBLIN OF THE BARGELLOLEGEND OF THE PIAZZA SAN BIAGIOTHE SPIRIT OF THE PORTA SAN GALLOSTORY OF THE PODESTÀ WHO WAS LONG ON HIS JOURNEY a legend of the duomoLEGENDS OF THE BOBOLI GARDENS: THE OLD GARDENER, AND THE TWO STATUES AND THE FAIRYHOW LA VIA DELLA MOSCA GOT ITS NAMETHE ROMAN VASE a legend of bellosguardoTHE UNFORTUNATE PRIEST a legend of la via dello scheletroTHE MYSTERIOUS FIG-TREE a legend of the via del ficoIL PALAZZO FERONI showing how it got its name from a fairyLA VIA DELLE BELLE DONNETHE WIZARD WITH RED TEETHORPHEUS AND EURYDICEINTIALO the spirit of the haunting shadowCAIN AND HIS WORSHIPPERS the spell of the mirror—the invocation to cain—the witch-history of cain and abelFootnotes:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Legends of Florence Collected from the PeopleAll chapters and sections (47)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLegends of Florence Collected from the PeoplePREFACETHE THREE HORNS OF MESSER GUICCIARDINITHE PILLS OF THE MEDICIFURICCHIA, OR THE EGG-WOMAN OF THE MERCATO VECCHIOTHE LANTERNS OF THE STROZZI PALACETHE GOBLIN OF LA VIA DEL CORNOFRATE GIOCONDO, THE MONK OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLATHE LEGEND OF THE CROCE AL TREBBIOTHE TWO FAIRIES OF THE WELL a legend of the via calzaioliTHE STORY OF THE VIA DELLE SERVE SMARRITETHE BRONZE BOAR OF THE MERCATO NUOVOTHE GOBLIN OF THE TOWER BELLA TRINITA, OR THE PORTA SAN NICCOLOTHE GHOST OF MICHEL ANGELOTHE APPARITION OF DANTELEGENDS OF LA CERTOSALEGENDS OF THE BRIDGES IN FLORENCETHE BASHFUL LOVER a legend of the chiesa santa lucia in the via de’ bardiLA FORTUNA a legend of the via de’ cerchiTHE STORY OF THE UNFINISHED PALACE a legend of the via del proconsoloTHE DEVIL OF THE MERCATO VECCHIOSEEING THAT ALL WAS RIGHT a legend of the porta a san nicolòTHE ENCHANTED COW OF LA VIA VACCHERECCIATHE WITCH OF THE PORTA ALLA CROCETHE COLUMN OF COSIMO, OR DELLA SANTA TRINITALEGENDS OF OR’ SAN MICHELETHE WITCH OF THE ARNOSTORIES OF SAN MINIATOTHE FRIAR’S HEAD OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE—THE LADY WHO CONFESSED FOR EVERYBODY—HOLY RELICSBIANCONE, THE GIANT STATUE IN THE SIGNORIATHE RED GOBLIN OF THE BARGELLOLEGEND OF THE PIAZZA SAN BIAGIOTHE SPIRIT OF THE PORTA SAN GALLOSTORY OF THE PODESTÀ WHO WAS LONG ON HIS JOURNEY a legend of the duomoLEGENDS OF THE BOBOLI GARDENS: THE OLD GARDENER, AND THE TWO STATUES AND THE FAIRYHOW LA VIA DELLA MOSCA GOT ITS NAMETHE ROMAN VASE a legend of bellosguardoTHE UNFORTUNATE PRIEST a legend of la via dello scheletroTHE MYSTERIOUS FIG-TREE a legend of the via del ficoIL PALAZZO FERONI showing how it got its name from a fairyLA VIA DELLE BELLE DONNETHE WIZARD WITH RED TEETHORPHEUS AND EURYDICEINTIALO the spirit of the haunting shadowCAIN AND HIS WORSHIPPERS the spell of the mirror—the invocation to cain—the witch-history of cain and abelFootnotes:Transcribed from the 1895 David Nutt edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org◇Legends of Florence Collected from the People →