Christian mythology
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Christian mythology is the body of myths associated with Christianity. Christian mythology has been examined by scholars in the fields of comparitive mythology, theology and literary studies. The term
Saint George and the Dragon by Gustave Moreau, 1889–90
Saint Brendan's voyage, from a German manuscript
Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven (The Empyrean), illustration for the Divine Comedy by Gustave Doré (1832–1883), Paradiso Canto 31.
Jesus' Sermon on the Mount depicted by Carl Bloch
Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and thei
Christian mythology
…stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and the legends of the Parsival. Multiple commentators have classified John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost as a work of Christian mythology. The term has also been applied to modern stories revolving around Christian themes and motifs, such as the writings…
Title page of the first edition (1667)
Image extracted from page 362 of The Poetical Works of John Milton. Containing Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained. Samson Agonistes, and his Poems on several occasions, by Milton, John, Michael Burghers (1695).
Milton Dictating to His Daughter, Henry Fuseli (1794)
Gustave Doré, The Heavenly Hosts, c. 1866, illustration to Paradise Lost.