I just read Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Virgilessrímur, an Icelandic poem written around 1300–1450 e.v. about the legendary exploits of Virgiles, the far-famed Italian magician and author of the Aeneis. The story is quite fascinating, and not just for the explicit BDSM scenes – I think we’ve got a pre-Christian myth passed down as a bawdy folk ballad. What do you guys think?
