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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | The Apparition of the Great Queen to Cuchulain; literal translation | high | The woman answers Cuchulain's challenge with strange names; he leaps into her chariot at spear-point, demands her true name, and the whole company vanishes. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | The Courtship of Etain (Leabhar na h-Uidhri version); Etain transformed, wind-borne, swallowed, and born again | high | Fuamnach and Bressal Etarlam transform Etain into a butterfly and a magical wind carries her away for seven years. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | Pwyll Prince of Dyved; encounter with Arawn and year in Annwvyn | high | Arawn asks Pwyll to defeat Havgan, sends him to Annwvyn in his stead, and puts his form and semblance on him for a year. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | Chuang Tzu, Chapter II, butterfly dream | high | Chuang Tzu dreams he is a butterfly and then questions whether he is a man dreaming a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming a man. | record |
| Egyptian | The Book of the Dead | CHAPTER IX, A Short Description of the "Doors" or Chapters of the Book of the Dead; summaries of Chapters LXIV, LXXIV-LXXXVIII, CXLIV-CXLVII, and CLV-CLXVII | high | The Chapters of Transformations let the deceased assume forms including the Golden Hawk, Divine Hawk, Pure Lily, Benu Bird, Swallow, Sata or Earth-serpent, and Crocodile. | record |
| Norse | The Poetic Edda | GRIMNISMOL / THE BALLAD OF GRIMNIR / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 4391-4441 | high | Notes on the uncertain condition of catalogue stanzas in oral transmission; many names are unattested elsewhere and their significance uncertain; Othin’s frequent disguises are said to necessitate an almost limitless number of names. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3234-3313 | high | Iris goes among the women, sets aside divine face and clothing, and becomes Beroë, the aged wife of Doryclus. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3405-3466 | medium | Sleep lands on the stern as a god in Phorbas' likeness and urges Palinurus to lay down his head, saying he will take his duty for a little while. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4267-4357 | high | The fleet passes Circe's land; her house glows at night, beasts rage in pens, and Circe has transformed men into wild beasts with herbs; Neptune gives winds so the Trojans avoid her shore. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4359-4446 | high | Picus is described with the divining rod, augural dress, and sacred shield; Circe, driven by desire, struck him with a golden rod and changed him with poisons into a colored bird. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4596-4688 | high | Allecto puts off her Fury features, changes into an aged woman with wrinkled brow, white tresses, and olive spray, becoming Calybe, priestess of Juno's temple. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 493-570 | high | Venus departs as her divine nature becomes visible; Aeneas recognizes her as his mother and reproaches her for appearing in feigned likeness and denying direct contact and true speech. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5620-5714 | high | Jove answers that mortal-made hulls cannot simply have immortality, but promises that once the ships have carried Aeneas to Laurentum and reached the Ausonian haven, he will make them goddesses of the sea like Doto and Galatea. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5716-5801 | high | The Mother wards brands from her holy ships; a strange light and voice announce: “Disquiet not yourselves ... to guard ships of mine ... go, goddesses of the sea; the Mother bids it.” | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6150-6229 | high | Apollo looks down from heaven, praises Iülus as child of gods and future parent of gods, assumes the form of aged Butes, tells Ascanius to leave war alone, vanishes, and is recognized by the Dardanians. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6315-6410 | medium | Juno says Venus can steal Aeneas from Greek hands with a misty empty human semblance and turn his fleet into the same number of nymphs, and asks if aid to the Rutulians is therefore dreadful. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6412-6492 | high | Cupavo’s swan-plumed crest recalls Cycnus, who grieved Phaëthon, sang among poplars, gained white plumage, left earth, and flew crying through the sky; Cupavo drives the Centaur ship over the sea. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6494-6567 | high | Cymodocea tells Aeneas: “We are thy fleet, Idaean pines from the holy hill, now nymphs of the sea.” | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 659-739 | high | Venus considers new schemes: Cupid may take Ascanius' form, use his gifts, and kindle the queen to madness. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6835-6903 | high | Jupiter allows Juno to remove Turnus in flight and snatch him from immediate fate, but rejects any hope of changing the whole movement of the war. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7257-7341 | medium | Diomede says he was denied return to ancestral altars and Calydon, that his lost comrades became birds with melancholy cries, and that he had wounded Venus with steel. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 741-795 | medium | Love obeys his mother, lays aside his wings, walks with Iülus' tread; Venus lulls Ascanius and carries him to the Idalian groves. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8040-8120 | high | Juturna, Turnus's sister, sees the wavering mood and enters the ranks in the feigned form of Camertus, a noble and valiant man. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8227-8273 | medium | The warrior maiden throws Turnus' charioteer from the chariot and takes the reins, wearing Metiscus' voice, limbs, and armor. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8351-8435 | high | Turnus hears the town’s tumult while pursuing stragglers; his sister, changed into the likeness of charioteer Metiscus and holding the reins, urges him to pursue the Trojans elsewhere. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8514-8595 | high | The daughter of Night flies to earth like a poisoned arrow through cloud and shadow. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG / THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA / THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX / MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR; lines 2293-2316 | medium | Mercury wants to know how mankind values him, disguises himself as a man, and enters a sculptor's studio containing finished statues for sale. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS / THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT; lines 3181-3193 | high | A cat falls in love with a handsome young man and begs Venus to change her into a woman. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS / THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER; lines 3977-4004 | low | The thief claims that when he has “yawned three times” he becomes “a ravening wolf” and attacks men’s throats. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS / THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS / THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION / THE ANT; lines 4060-4073 | medium | Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONS / THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER / PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN / THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW; lines 5283-5302 | high | Jupiter tells Prometheus to turn some beasts into men; Prometheus obeys, explaining why some people have "forms of men but the souls of beasts." | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONS / THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER / PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN / THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW; lines 5283-5302 | high | The Swallow boasts to the Crow that she was once a princess, daughter of a King of Athens, and that her husband cruelly cut out her tongue. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 1011-1094 | high | A beautiful woman's husband goes to the mountains and returns with a deer; at night she cries that he is not her husband, and neighbors come, after which a strong man beats him and he turns into a horse. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1097-1202 | medium | "Though it was a raven, it spoke thus, just like a human being" and invited the man to visit its old father. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1204-1297 | high | A rich childless couple want a child; the wife finds a crying little boy beside a tree in the mountains and brings him to the village. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1719-1809 | medium | In a second dream, the pine-tree goddess says he cannot stay long after eating Hades' fruit; a goddess in Hades wished to marry him and had assumed bear form to lure him underground. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 | medium | The woman gives birth to a little snake; her mother, weeping, asks what god begot a child in her daughter and throws the snake away because humans cannot keep it. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 | medium | In a dream, a girl sees the tree as a house and a lovely goddess says a wicked fox has entered her, speaks from her body, prevents mortal husbands, and has lured her away; the goddess promises help and safe return. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 | high | A black-clad young man courts the stepmother while her husband is hunting; she flees with him to a beautiful house, but in the morning the house is leaves and branches, the man is a carrion-crow, and she too has become a crow. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2201-2329 | medium | In the old magical days, rivers flowed conveniently in both directions, people could fly and land on trees, fire-drills were used, crops grew by midday, and eating the quick grain transformed people into horses. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2201-2329 | high | Rotten branches or roots sometimes turn into bears called divine walking creatures, which must not be killed by human hand. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 485-608 | medium | Two young thunder-gods, sons of the chief thunder-god, love the same Aino woman and say they would become a flea and a louse to be in her bosom. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 610-713 | high | In the fox tale, a man gathering bark in the mountains overhears two foxes speaking human language and planning a profit-making scheme in which one becomes a horse and the other a man who sells it. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 715-800 | high | Two brother foxes plan to go among men in human shape and make treasures, leaf garments, food, and cakes from tree gum. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 802-900 | high | Foxes make counterfeit treasures from herbs and enter a golden house where the mole appears as a venerable god; he says he is their master, rebukes them for assuming human shape, and tells them to eat fruits dropped by crows instead. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 802-900 | medium | The fox-cub becomes a little boy and the puppy a little girl; they dance and perform antics that amuse the ogre, though he remains suspicious and intends to kill them later. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 902-1009 | high | In ancient days, the new world is unsettled and burning beneath a thin crust, so people stay in huts; Okikurumi fishes for them and sends Turesh with food, while commanding them not to ask questions or look at her face. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1037-1152 | medium | The lost prince sees “a beautiful lady who was crying bitterly”; she says, “I am the daughter of an Indian king,” and explains that she fell from her horse. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1409-1550 | medium | The young king says the enchantress made him half man and half marble and changed his capital into a lake and desert, its inhabitants into fish of four colours, and its four islands into four hills. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1409-1550 | medium | The young king says the enchantress made him half man and half marble and changed his capital into a lake and desert, its inhabitants into fish of four colours, and its four islands into four hills. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2296-2398 | high | The narrator begs for death; the genius instead threatens to transform him into a dog, ass, lion, or bird. The narrator asks for pardon and offers the story of the two neighbors, which the genius wants to hear. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2515-2626 | high | The genius throws murmured-over earth in the narrator's face and says, "Quit the form of a man, and assume that of a monkey." | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2628-2737 | high | Queen of Beauty says the monkey is not a monkey but a young prince transformed by the wicked spells of a genius, son of the daughter of Eblis. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2628-2737 | medium | The air grows dark, the earth seems about to crumble, and the genius suddenly appears in the form of a colossal lion. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2739-2840 | high | The genius in lion form advances to swallow the princess; she transforms a mane hair into a sword, cuts the lion body, and the combat continues through scorpion, serpent, and eagle forms. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 447-571 | high | The first old man begins his story, says the hind is his wife, and says he adopted the son of a favorite slave as his heir because he and his wife had no children. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 447-571 | high | During the old man's year-long journey, his wife studies magic, changes the adopted son into a calf, and changes the slave woman into a cow, sending both to the steward. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 573-688 | high | The steward says his daughter knows magic; she recognized the calf as the master’s son, said the son’s mother had been sacrificed as a cow, and attributed the changes to the master’s wife. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5815-5937 | high | Maimoune transforms into a gnat, stings Camaralzaman's throat, and wakes him; he sees the Princess of China, admires her, and kisses her while enchantment keeps her asleep. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 690-804 | medium | At a seaport after successful trade, a beautiful but poorly dressed woman pleads to marry the narrator and board the ship; he consents, dresses her well, marries her, and sails. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 690-804 | high | The fairy transports the narrator to the roof of his house and vanishes; he digs up his buried sequins, reopens his shop, and later sees two black dogs whom the fairy identifies as his brothers, condemned to remain in those shapes for ten years. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 806-929 | high | Thick smoke emerges from the jar, rises to the clouds, spreads over the sea and shore, gathers together, and appears as a huge genius or monster, frightening the fisherman. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8383-8498 | medium | The magician's younger brother goes to China for revenge, threatens Fatima with a dagger, exchanges clothes with her, colors his face, puts on her veil, and murders her. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8934-9035 | medium | Amina realizes he followed her, becomes violently enraged, takes a vessel of water, puts her hand in it, murmurs unheard words, and sprinkles the water on his face. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9037-9136 | high | The narrator thinks about shaking off the spell laid on him, suspects the woman may have guessed what happened, and follows her when the baker is occupied. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9138-9247 | high | The daughter sprinkles water over Sidi-Nouman, speaks a conditional formula about dog or man, and his dog shape vanishes as he becomes a man. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9138-9247 | high | Sidi-Nouman confronts Amina, throws the water in her face, speaks the magic words, and Amina disappears; a horse stands in her place. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1121-1234 | medium | Mullyan hears a thunder-like clap, explained as the bursting of the back of Weedah's head; from Weedah's remains rises the Weedah mocking bird, said to retain a hole at the back of its head and to imitate many voices. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1236-1339 | medium | The young men would have perished in the storm but are changed first into birds and then into stars, with the kangaroo between them. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1236-1339 | medium | Wurrunnah sees a flock of emu-like beings, some feathered and some featherless, climbs a tree, throws his spear, and kills one for food. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1966-2090 | medium | Three women beat Ouyan; Beeargah says his legs will be red, long, and fleshless forever; Ouyan crawls away and is not seen by his mother again. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2199-2299 | medium | After death, Deereeree is changed into the willy wagtail, whose night cry repeats her plaintive call. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2302-2397 | high | The wives never see the husband again, but hear a Mopoke night hawk crying like his agonized cry and conclude that he has turned into the bird. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2400-2492 | high | When the bird flies from the woman’s heart, all the dead dingoes become poisonous snakes, while the two little dogs become dayall minyah, a small non-poisonous carpet snake. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2494-2588 | medium | Byamee, called the greatest and mightiest Wirreenun present, rebukes the Mahthi for repeated chatter and laughter during sacred preparations and declares they will no longer speak as men but will bark and howl; he also says hearers of any Mahthi speech will be turned to stone. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2590-2687 | high | The Dummerh follow the dayoorls from Googoorewon to Girrahween and Dirangibirrah; the stones pile into a mountain, and the Dummerh are changed into pigeons with an Oom-like cry. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2776-2889 | medium | The Bunnyyarl and Wurrunnunnah are relations in one camp; the Wurrunnunnah work hard to gather food for famine, while the Bunnyyarl waste time and do not store provisions. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | WITH INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG, M.A. / CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 289-342 | medium | “Man, bird, and beast are all blended”; “All are of one kindred, all shade into each other.” | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 3004-3116 | high | Wayambeh repeatedly survives showers of weapons by drawing in his head and arms behind the boreens, then dives into the creek. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 3004-3116 | medium | The Oolahs approach armed and painted for war without peace boughs; Wayambeh is told to fight alone and equips himself with two boreens. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | ANDREW LANG. / APPENDIX / DINEWAN BOOLLARHNAH GOOMBLEGUBBON / GLOSSARY; lines 3375-3525 | low | Googoolguyyah is glossed as 'turn into trees.' | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 868-931 | high | The stone is removed, the hole is searched, emu remains are found without the Weeoombeens, no tracks are found, and two little birds remain near the hole. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12038-12183 | high | Sakka checks whether she can keep good by appearing as a fish; the crane seizes it, sees it is alive, lets it go, and Sakka praises her ability to keep the Commandments. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 16555-16665 | high | The superhuman Snakes and Winged Creatures are said to be able, like gods or angels, to assume the appearance of men. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 596-738 | high | A Yakshiṇī sees the child, wants to eat it, takes a woman’s form, asks whether the child belongs to the mother, asks to nurse it, nurses briefly, carries it off, and claims it as hers when the mother pursues her. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 6593-6700 | high | Craving, Discontent, and Lust, the three daughters of Māra, find him sorrowful. They offer to subject the Master to their influence and bring him captive, while Māra says he is unwavering and beyond their power. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 6898-7000 | high | Sakka's throne becomes hot as a warning; he understands that the Buddha may lack nourishment, takes the form of a young Brāhman, descends, makes way, and praises the Buddha, Truth, and Order. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH. / END OF THE STORY OF THE SANDY ROAD. / END OF THE STORY OF CHULLAKA THE TREASURER. / END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE.; lines 8926-9051 | medium | The demon assumes a woodman's form and invites the Bodisat to enter the lake, bathe, drink, eat lotus stalks, and pick flowers; the Bodisat recognizes him as the captor. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | HERBERT A. GILES. / A. L. M. / CHAPTER I. / TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS.; lines 1075-1153 | high | A many-thousand-li fish called Leviathan in the northern ocean changes into the bird Rukh, whose back is many thousand li broad and whose wings obscure the sky like clouds. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 14656-15101 | medium | "Dream, Life a, 30, 86" and "Dreamless sleep, 82, 192" | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 14656-15101 | low | "Dragon, Lao Tzŭ a, 185"; "Dragons, 214, 263"; "Dragon-power, 122, 185" | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER V. / THE EVIDENCE OF VIRTUE COMPLETE. / CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME.; lines 3272-3415 | high | Tzŭ Yü says he is not afraid; he expects decomposition and imagines body parts becoming a cock, a cross-bow, wheels, and a chariot with his soul as horse; he accepts life and parting from life according to the same law. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL / THE FOOLISH FARMER AND THE KING / THE PIOUS WOLF; lines 1489-1529 | high | A fairy observes and hears him, decides to test how much is real and sham, changes herself into a pretty little kid, and lands on the rock. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 413-505 | high | A wingless flying wild pig lands and sleeps; a magnificent diamond lies beside it. The man takes the diamond and, after thinking of being in a tree, finds himself in the treetop. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 100-191 | medium | Tara is described with green mounds, wooded sides, grazing lands, trees, kings, five white roads, armies, a sovereignty-giving fair, justice, pleasure, and barter; it is contrasted with long-youthful heroes and women in the likeness of hunted fawns. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS; lines 10074-10174 | medium | The hunters see "a terrible herd of great pigs"; one leading pig is "blacker than a smith's coal" and has bristles "like a thicket of thorn-trees." | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN; lines 10196-10295 | medium | Finn sees what appears to be a grey fawn, calls for hounds, and pursues it with Bran and Sceolan to Slieve Cuilinn. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN / BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN; lines 10403-10462 | high | Aedh says the runner was Be-mannair, daughter of Ainceol, woman-messenger of the Tuatha de Danaan, who changes into all shapes, including a fly and a true lover, and who outran them. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN / BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN / BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID; lines 10465-10539 | high | The Steward returns with a Druid rod, strikes his own son, makes him a wild boar without bristle, ear, or tail, and puts him under bonds to bring Diarmuid to death, with his life no longer than Diarmuid's. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10618-10723 | high | At midnight on a snowy winter night, a very wild and ugly woman with hair hanging to her heels enters the Fianna's house. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH; lines 1184-1265 | high | Balor, who has long desired the cow, appears as a red-haired little boy, deceives Samthainn with a report about the forge, receives the halter, and takes the cow across the sea to his island. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12325-12415 | medium | Angus Og secretly comes from Brugh na Boinne to aid Diarmuid. Garbh of Slieve Cua and then the other Garbhs climb the tree to avenge their fathers, but Diarmuid kicks them down and they are killed while bearing Diarmuid's appearance, which Angus has placed on them. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1361-1459 | high | Cian, lacking his two brothers, decides to fall back; seeing a herd of pigs, he strikes himself with a Druid rod and takes the shape of a pig rooting among the herd. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1361-1459 | high | The pig separates from the herd, runs toward a wood, and Brian's spear pierces it; the pig speaks, identifies itself as Cian son of Cainte, asks for protection, and is allowed to return to human shape before being killed. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA / BOOK TEN: THE END OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. DEATH OF BRAN; lines 14136-14161 | medium | Finn is hunting; Bran follows a fawn, and the fawn says sea or air will not save it from Bran, who is swift enough to overtake wild geese. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK TEN: THE END OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. DEATH OF BRAN / CHAPTER II. THE CALL OF OISIN / CHAPTER III. THE LAST OF THE GREAT MEN; lines 14266-14358 | medium | Some say Finn has been on earth now and again since old times in the shape of one of Ireland’s heroes. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1461-1563 | high | After the battle Lugh asks whether his father was seen, vows not to eat or drink until he learns how his father died, and travels with the Riders of the Sidhe to the place where Cian had taken pig shape. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS / NOTES / I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA; lines 15340-15432 | high | The romances include divine and semi-divine beings, monsters and giants, men and women changing shapes with animals, miraculously prolonged heroic lives, and are described as a land of Faery. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1663-1764 | high | Brian strikes himself and his brothers with his Druid rod, changes them into hawks, and they evade spears and darts before sweeping down and carrying off the apples unwounded. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 193-263 | high | Birds and beasts in the woods may have been fighting men, enchanters, or fair women, and can suddenly take beautiful or terrible shapes. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH / CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH / BOOK THREE: THE COMING OF THE GAEL. / CHAPTER I. THE LANDING; lines 2650-2742 | high | At Uisnech, Eriu appears in one moment as a beautiful queen and in another as a sharp-beaked grey-white crow; she identifies herself as wife of Mac Greine. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG; lines 3158-3248 | high | The birds with Angus are four of his kisses turned into birds, calling after young men; Angus is also called the Frightener or Disturber, before whom plough teams and cattle flee. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU; lines 3251-3311 | high | At Magh Rath the Morrigu flutters over Congal Claen as a bird until he cannot tell friend from foe; at Cluantarbh she flies over Murchadh, and the passage says she has many shapes and sometimes fights as a crow. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU; lines 3251-3311 | medium | The Morrigu takes Odras’s cow to the Cave of Cruachan and Hill of the Sidhe; Odras follows, falls asleep, and the Morrigu awakens her, sings spells, and makes her into a pool of water flowing toward a river. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3388-3493 | medium | Fuamach arranges for Midhir and Angus to be away, finds Etain in the sunny house, turns her into a fly by Druid spells, and sends a wind that sweeps her out through the window. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3599-3699 | medium | Etain goes outside the dun and sees a man with Ailell's appearance; on closer look she sees he is not Ailell. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3701-3785 | high | Midhir takes his sword in his left hand, Etain in his right arm, and kisses her; he rises through the roof with her, and the pursuers see “two swans high up in the air, linked together by a chain of gold.” | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN; lines 3788-3890 | high | Manannan is later heard of in Ireland: he sends a messenger to Etain, brings up Deirdre's children, teaches Diarmuid and Cuchulain, is called by some Deirdre's father, and appears as a hare before hounds to lead Ulstermen to her hiding place. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY; lines 3892-3967 | high | Manannan is said to come to Finn and the Fianna in the form of the Gilla Decair, bring them to Land-under-Wave, hunt with them on Cnoc Aine, and sometimes help them. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE / CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS; lines 4609-4694 | medium | On two islands with strange birds, some men eat blue and crimson eggs; feathers grow on them immediately and fall off after bathing. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5141-5243 | high | At Loch Dairbhreach, Aoife has the children bathe, strikes them with a Druid rod, and gives them the shape of four white swans. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5245-5360 | high | Fionnuala says they cannot live with people, but have their memory, Irish language, and power to sing sweet music. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5245-5360 | medium | Bodb Dearg reproaches Aoife, asks what shape she would most hate, and transforms her with a Druid wand into a witch of the air. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5362-5475 | high | Conn, Fiachra, and Aodh return after the storm; Fionnuala welcomes them and places Aodh under her breast feathers, Fiachra under her right wing, and Conn under her left wing. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5477-5602 | high | The children lament their present bird-like condition: feathers, sand and bitter sea water for food and drink, bare rocks for beds, frost and waves, and Fionnuala sheltering Fiachra, Conn, and Aodh under her wings and breast feathers. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5604-5666 | medium | He went to the Lake of the Birds, saw swans on the lake, and asked, "Are you the children of Lir?" They answered, "We are indeed." | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR / PART TWO: THE FIANNA. / BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN; lines 5669-5774 | high | The treasure-bag is made of crane skin, formerly the skin of Aoife, sweetheart of Ilbrec son of Manannan, who was put into crane shape through jealousy. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN.; lines 6092-6153 | high | Uchtdealb of the Fair Breast, Iollan’s Sidhe sweetheart, becomes jealous and takes the appearance of Finn’s woman-messenger to summon Tuiren. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.; lines 6156-6247 | high | Finn and his men pursue a beautiful fawn; only Finn, Bran, and Sceolan continue, and the two hounds play around the fawn and lick it rather than harming it. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.; lines 6249-6275 | medium | Finn thinks the boy has a look of Sadbh in his face, that he may be her son, and keeps him always beside him. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS; lines 6660-6711 | high | The two fight a great battle, taking every shape: boys to old men, pups to old dogs, young horses to old horses, then birds, in which shape they kill one another. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY; lines 7960-8038 | high | "they sent Labran looking for the weapons in the shape of a great eagle." | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT / CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT / BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON; lines 8361-8449 | medium | When three times fifty of Finn's hounds pass her hill, the woman-Druid breathes on them, shuts them in the hill forever, and the place is named Duma na Conn, the Mound of the Hounds. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR; lines 8539-8634 | high | The Fianna hunt at Toraig, rouse a wild beautiful fawn, and Finn with six men follows it to Slieve-nam-Ban, where it vanishes into the earth. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE; lines 8840-8921 | high | The hag throws her pale grey gown over Finn's four comrades, turning them into weak old men; the man at the door tells Finn to sleep, and when Finn wakes the covering has been removed and the men are restored. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN; lines 9388-9467 | high | Bairnech tells Caoilte of three she-wolves that come from the Cave of Cruachan every year, destroy sheep and wethers, and return to the cave. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE; lines 9711-9745 | high | After Finn agrees, the tall man brings them into the Sidhe hill at Glandeirgdeis; at the house door he strikes the pig with a Druid rod, and it changes into a beautiful young woman called Scathach, the Shadowy One. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9803-9904 | high | The Red Woman turns into a great water-worm and attacks Finn; Bran grips and shakes it, it winds around Bran, and Finn thrusts his sword into its throat. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9906-9957 | high | The king strikes his golden chair; a door opens behind him, and the beast enters, bows, says it is going to its own country, claims unmatched speed, and says sea and land are the same to it. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9906-9957 | medium | The king welcomes Finn and his men, seats them at table, and the Red Woman asks that they be shown the wonderful beast they had followed. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3187-3263 | medium | A Santal story says a sleeping man's soul, in lizard form, enters a water pitcher, is trapped when the pitcher is covered, and the man dies; when the lizard is released and returns, the body revives. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7109-7181 | high | Dionysus is described as often conceived and represented in animal shape, especially as a bull or with bull horns, with many bull-related epithets listed. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 1213-1277 | medium | Frazer turns to Attis and Adonis as vegetation deities with possible animal embodiments, noting Attis worshippers’ abstention from swine, Attis killed by a boar, and a possible meaning of “Hyes Attes” as “Pig Attis.” | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14703-14846 | high | In Siam, the spirit of the takhien tree is believed to appear sometimes as a woman and sometimes as a serpent. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 2138-2205 | medium | They said Panes was a woman who ran to the mountains and was changed into a bird by Chinigchinich; they believed the annually sacrificed bird came to life again, returned to the mountains, and became multiplied while remaining one and the same female. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 2971-3035 | medium | Fireless and Homeless enters a porcupine burrow, loses his way in darkness, and is released by the kind giant called He who sees before and behind, who cleaves open the earth. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 446-522 | medium | A stranger passing a harvest-field may be treated as the Corn-goat escaping in human shape, and workers shout He-goat at a passerby, especially at rape-seed threshing in Schleswig if he does not remove his hat. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 524-594 | medium | The last sheaf may be shaped as a horned ox and called the Old Man, or made in human form and called the Buffalo-bull; the passage notes confusion between human and animal conceptions of the corn-spirit and compares a wether called a wolf. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7176-7253 | medium | In another Tartar poem, the Swan-woman's soul is seven little birds inside a golden casket in a black chest at the foot of a copper rock; helper horses retrieve it, the piebald horse changes into a man and beheads the birds, and the Swan-woman dies. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7806-7886 | medium | At Nootka Sound, a chief fires near his son's ear; the son falls as if killed, women lament, armed people enter, and two wolf-skin masked figures moving like beasts carry the prince away. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS.; lines 8378-8432 | medium | In the Tenimber and Timorlaut Islands, first-fruits of paddy with live fowls and pigs are offered to matmate, ancestor spirits worshipped as guardian-spirits or household gods, who enter by the roof, inhabit skulls or images, partake of offerings, help the family, and take animal forms. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 850-918 | medium | At harvest, wild animals may be driven into the last standing corn and escape as it is cut; reapers may kill them, and the passage says a belief in magical shape-change could identify the escaping animal with the corn-spirit leaving its ruined home. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 920-982 | high | Russian Ljeschie are wood-spirits partly human with goat horns, ears, and legs; the Ljeschi can alter stature in woods and meadows, and some change with corn before and after harvest. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9317-9539 | low | Entries list the corn-spirit as dog, cock, hare, cat, goat, bull, calf, cow, mare, horse, pig, wolf, and ox, and note parallelism between anthropomorphic and theriomorphic conceptions. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / INTRODUCTION / PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI; lines 1029-1131 | medium | Fuamnach seeks Bressal Etarlam the Druid; by his spells and her sorcery, Etain is changed into the shape of a butterfly. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / INTRODUCTION / PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI; lines 1134-1161 | medium | Mac O'c says Etain has been in his house, remains in the shape into which Fuamnach transformed her, and is likely the one against whom Fuamnach has rushed. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY); lines 12247-12408 | high | The woman sings an insult song; when Cuchulain springs toward the car again, the woman, horse, chariot, cow, and man have disappeared. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY); lines 12410-12461 | high | The woman says that when Cuchulain contends with an equal hero, she will coil around his feet in eel-shape at the Ford and make the battle unequal. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY) / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 12464-12580 | high | After Cuchulain moves away and the woman sings, he springs at the chariot and no longer sees the horse, woman, chariot, man, or cow. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY) / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 12583-12628 | high | The woman says that when Cuchulain fights an equal man, she will be an eel and draw a noose about his feet in the ford, making the combat unequal. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION; lines 12631-12734 | low | The editor describes a third style often used for supernatural description, names Bruidne da Derga, Bricriu's Feast, and the Great Tain, and says such passages include descriptions of Cuchulain's distortions. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION; lines 1371-1506 | medium | Ailill lies awake during the night, but when the appointed time comes, a heavy sleep falls on him and he sleeps until his rising hour. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1598-1692 | medium | Ailill says the completion of his cure is still lacking; Etain appoints a tryst for the next day on the hill beyond the fort, not in the lawful monarch’s abode. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1694-1812 | medium | Etain comes at the appointed tryst, sees a man like Ailill, finds Ailill still lamenting, and repeats this three times while Ailill does not keep the tryst. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1917-1992 | medium | Mider takes his weapons in his left hand and the woman under his right shoulder, carries her off through the skylight, and the hosts see “two swans circling round Tara” heading toward the elf-mound of Femun. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3437-3584 | low | Liban wishes she could see Laeg's form changed into Cuchulain's; Laeg praises Aed Abra's daughters and Fand's extraordinary beauty, comparing it to rushing waters and ranking it beyond kings, queens, and all past ages. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5826-5896 | medium | Cuchulain's countenance changes; he rises in full might, 'towered as a terrible and wonderful giant,' with 'the hero-light playing about his head.' | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 28. / PAGE 29 / PAGE 30 / PAGE 31; lines 6996-7025 | uncertain | “It seems that the oxen were transformed people of Mider's race” based on phrases taken to mean “really men” and “to you the vengeance, to you heavy oxen.” | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | END OF VOL. I. / VOL. II / PREFACE TO VOL. II / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE; lines 8630-8686 | high | Cuchulain finds a divine power in a grotesque and weird form; Magic Men appear in shapes of beasts and keep the swine. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 1010-1106 | high | The Hymn to Dionysus tells how pirates seized the god and how he avenged himself with displays of power by turning them into dolphins; the story is also represented differently on Lysicrates reliefs. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS / THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS / THE ASTRONOMY; lines 2338-2416 | medium | Callisto, daughter of Lycaon in Arcadia, lives with Artemis among wild beasts; Zeus seduces her, Artemis discovers her pregnancy while she is bathing, and changes her into a bear; she gives birth to Arcas. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3421-3527 | high | Periclymenus receives gifts from Poseidon, changes into eagle, ant, bees, and snake, and is mortally wounded by Heracles after Athena's secret instruction. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3421-3527 | medium | Periclymenus receives gifts from Poseidon, changes into eagle, ant, bees, and snake, and is mortally wounded by Heracles after Athena's secret instruction. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3529-3639 | high | A scholion says Zeus saw Europa gathering flowers, changed into a bull, breathed a crocus, deceived and carried her across the sea to Crete, fathered Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys, and that the tale is in Hesiod and Bacchylides. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4886-4903 | high | Hermes promises Battus a reward, and Battus swears to say nothing to anyone about the cattle. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA; lines 4906-4974 | high | Teiresias sees two mating snakes on Cithaeron, changes into a woman after killing the female, returns to his own nature after killing the male, judges a question posed by Zeus and Hera, is blinded by Hera, and receives seer power from Zeus. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 | high | Hesiod and Acusilaus identify Io as daughter of Peiren; while Hera's priestess she is seduced by Zeus, discovered by Hera, transformed by Zeus into a white cow, and connected with an oath about secret deeds of the Cyprian being without penalty. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS / THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER; lines 5265-5347 | medium | Demeter’s grief and anger increase; she is angered with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos, avoids Olympus, goes among mortals, and disfigures her form so mortals do not know her. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 531-624 | high | Tyro bears Pelias and Neleus to Poseidon; Neleus refuses purification to Heracles, who sacks Pylos, killing sons of Neleus including Periclymenus, who could change shape; Neleus alone escapes. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO; lines 6003-6078 | high | Apollo springs onto the Cretan ship in dolphin shape; the men try to cast the dolphin overboard, but it shakes the ship and they sit silent in fear. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO; lines 6080-6145 | high | Apollo says he first sprang onto the ship in the form of a dolphin; they are to pray to him as Apollo Delphinius, and the altar will be called Delphinius. He also commands them to eat, pour an offering to the Olympian gods, and follow him singing the Ie Paean. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES / V. TO APHRODITE; lines 6702-6799 | medium | Anchises is alone at the homestead playing the lyre; Aphrodite stands before him like a pure maiden and is described in shining garments. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | IV. TO HERMES / V. TO APHRODITE / VI. TO APHRODITE / VII. TO DIONYSUS; lines 6991-7049 | high | The god becomes a roaring lion in the bow and creates a shaggy bear amidships; the sailors crowd by the helmsman, the lion seizes the master, the sailors jump into the sea and become dolphins, and Dionysus spares the helmsman. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621 | high | Cronos takes horse shape and lies with Philyra, daughter of Ocean; Cheiron is born a centaur, and Chariclo is named as his wife. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA; lines 7817-7923 | high | Nemesis bears Helen after Zeus joins with her by violence; she flees Zeus over land and dark water, taking fish and other creature forms to escape him. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 914-1008 | high | Apollo punishes Telphusa for deceit, then in dolphin form brings Cretan shipmen to Delphi to be his priests and charges them to behave orderly and righteously. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9372-9514 | medium | The daughters of Proetus were sought in marriage by all Greeks; after offending Dionysus, or Juno in another version, they were diseased and lost beauty or became cows; Melampus healed them. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9645-9787 | medium | A temple and month of Apollo Delphinius are noted at Cnossus, and the dolphin is identified as really Apollo. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9789-9933 | high | Adrastus’ horse is the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter, who changed herself into a mare to escape Poseidon. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12400-12540 | high | "Now wears a mortal form; like Calchas seen, / Such his loud voice, and such his manly mien"; his shouts inspire the Greeks, especially the Ajaces. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12676-12812 | medium | The god speaks in Thoas's voice and challenges Greek confidence; Idomeneus answers that heaven and Jove's doom restrain the Greeks and asks for aid in arms or counsel. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13690-13832 | medium | The god of ocean appears as an aged warrior, takes the general's hand, and addresses Atrides as a venerable hero. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13834-13982 | medium | Juno and Sleep travel unseen through darkness to Lectos on Ida; Ida's hills, rills, mountains, and forests are described, and Sleep conceals himself in a fir as a night-bird. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16202-16341 | high | Apollo appears beside Hector in Asius' shape, urges him to turn back to battle and attack Patroclus, then depresses Greek spirits and strengthens Trojan spirits. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 | high | Apollo, in Mentes' shape, urges Hector to stop chasing Achilles' ethereal horses and to see Euphorbus slain by Sparta. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16859-17004 | medium | Apollo appears like aged Periphas and rebukes Aeneas; Aeneas recognizes the concealed god and tells Hector that Jove supports the Trojan arms. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 19044-19173 | medium | Erichthonius owns thousands of mares; Boreas hides his godhead in a flowing mane, courts them, and sires twelve offspring swift as wind. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20113-20221 | high | Apollo assumes Agenor’s habit, voice, and shape, flees in disguise, and draws Achilles in pursuit along the fields and near Scamander. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20224-20361 | high | The argument summarizes the book: Hector remains outside Troy; Minerva aids Achilles by taking Deiphobus’s shape; Hector is slain; Achilles drags the body; Priam, Hecuba, and Andromache lament. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20506-20643 | medium | Minerva appears “like Deiphobus” with the same face, gesture, and arms, greets Hector with a false voice, and urges him to stand as a brother in equal fate. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23454-23581 | medium | A note gives an allegorical explanation: Minerva, guardian deity of wise Ulysses, assumes Mentor's form. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23698-23815 | high | Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, was courted by Neptune and Jupiter; because her son would surpass his father, she was wed to mortal Peleus; she shapeshifted to elude him, tested children by fire, and made Achilles invulnerable by Styx water except at the heel. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 3249-3377 | medium | Ulysses rises with the imperial sceptre; blue-eyed Pallas, in herald form, tells the crowds to attend as they wait to hear his wisdom. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 3913-4058 | high | Iris bears Jove's commands through the air, finds the Trojan chiefs in Priam's porch, and chooses the shape of Polites, who watched the enemies from Aesyetes' tomb. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES. / BOOK III. / ARGUMENT. / THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.; lines 4305-4445 | high | The rainbow goddess flies from the sky in Laodice's form and finds Helen in the palace at her loom, weaving a golden web of the Trojan wars and her own sad story. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES. / BOOK III. / ARGUMENT. / THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.; lines 4581-4715 | high | Helen is on the walls among Trojan women; Venus comes in borrowed form as an old wool-working maid and tells Helen that Paris is safe and waiting on the bed. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 4973-5106 | medium | Pallas moves through the Trojan ranks in mortal shape like Laodocus, finds Pandarus, and urges him to win praise and gifts by striking the Spartan. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6101-6232 | medium | Apollo carries Aeneas to Troy’s high fane and holy place; Latona and Phoebe heal him; Apollo raises a phantom with Aeneas’s shape and arms, and the armies fight around it. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6101-6232 | high | From Ilion’s tower Apollo calls Mars to avenge attacks on Venus and himself; Mars enters the plain in the form of Acamas and urges Trojan chiefs not to flee while Aeneas is wounded. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. / BOOK VII. / ARGUMENT / THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.; lines 7556-7673 | medium | “In form of vultures, on the beechs height / They sit conceald, and wait the future fight.” | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1208-1299 | high | The badger assumes the old woman’s form, greets the returning farmer, says the badger soup is ready, serves him, then transforms back and tells him to look for bones in the kitchen. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 151-260 | high | At the bridge of Seta-no-Karashi by Lake Biwa, a huge serpent-dragon lies across the path, filling the bridge and breathing fire and smoke. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 262-377 | high | A train of fish transforms into men wearing ceremonial robes and dragon crowns; they carry a large bronze bell, a bag of rice, a roll of silk, a cooking pot, and a bell. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 2843-2950 | medium | Princess Moonlight refuses to see the Court lady and says that if forced to obey the Emperor's order to go to the Palace, she will vanish from the earth. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA; lines 3614-3738 | high | Adachigahara is said to be haunted by a cannibal goblin who takes the form of an old woman; many travelers have disappeared, with stories saying they were lured to the goblin's cottage and devoured. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA; lines 3740-3793 | medium | The man cries out in horror, asks Buddha for help, and wonders whether the kind old woman is really a cannibal goblin who will eat him. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON; lines 6883-6997 | high | At night someone knocks at the porch; the servant finds a respectable-looking old woman who says she was Watanabe's nurse when he was a baby, and Watanabe has her shown in. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7245-7362 | high | Kokai attacks the old man, who calmly waits, laughs, turns into a large beautiful white crane, and flies upward into the heavens. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 856-981 | high | The princess says Urashima set free a tortoise, adds, "I was that tortoise," and offers him life forever in the land of eternal youth as her bridegroom. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT / THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE / THE BANYAN DEER / THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE; lines 1228-1339 | medium | The water-sprite comes in the form of a woodsman and invites the prince to bathe in the lake and rest on the bank. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 13133-13316 | medium | The speaker says that if she had known her betrothed was a source of pain, she would have gone to a hillside, been a pine-tree or linden, and taken on earth, loam, birch-knot, and aspen-trunk features. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 13133-13316 | medium | The speaker performs all duties while sweating, knows no rest, is blamed and derided by the household, and unkind words fall on her like hail and lightning; the old-one angers her, and the husband grows like a wild-bear and wolf of Hisi. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14739-14905 | medium | Lemminkainen says eagle-death is not for heroes, claims a magic lotion for eagle wounds, and says he will make an alder steed and go as a duck behind it across the fatal waters beneath the eagle. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15276-15453 | medium | Lemminkainen uses a leather magic pouch, ewe-wool, rubbing, and breath to create a dark flock of goats and sheep; the wolf and bear attack the flock while he passes. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16009-16141 | high | Lemminkainen changes form and body, becomes a mighty eagle, flies on magic wings, tries to reach the highest heaven, and is burned or singed by moonlight and sunshine. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16143-16329 | medium | The mother suggests pine or juniper, then warns the pine may be cut into candle-lighters and the juniper peeled for fence-posts. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1672-1830 | high | A small form or hero rises from the ocean, wearing copper gear and carrying a copper hatchet. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18186-18359 | medium | Ukko, ruler in the heavens, is asked to hear the entreaty and magically transform the cattle into stumps and stones if an enemy wanders near the herd in summer. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18361-18545 | medium | Kullerwoinen vows the hostess will mourn when her cows come home, cuts a birch-wand and juniper whip-stick, drives the herd into wild places, calls wolves and bears by kinship or service titles, and changes the cattle into wolves and bears by magic. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220 | high | The maiden weeps, asks Ilmarinen to free her, and says she could become salmon, ermine, or lark; Ilmarinen says he would follow as pike, serpent, or eagle. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220 | high | The sword perceives Ilmarinen's intention and says it was not born to drink the life-blood of a pure, fair, helpless maiden. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220 | high | Ilmarinen sings in rage, splitting rocks and making hills echo, and sings the maiden into a sea-gull calling from ocean-ledges, islands, rocks, and sea-coast. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21885-22076 | high | Louhi changes form, makes eagle-talons from scythes and sickles, forms an eagle frame from the vessel, and places armed hosts in its wings, body, and tail. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 2212-2381 | medium | Youkahainen sneers and threatens to sing anyone who fears sword combat into a wild boar or swine, hurling such cowards into mire and stable refuse. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24319-24519 | high | Wainamoinen decides to change form, assumes a second body, leaps as a pike into the waters, swims across, and resumes his native form on the Pohya border. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24521-24719 | high | Louhi fastens wings on her shoulders, sails as an eagle to Ilmarinen’s forge, and is seen perched at his window. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3298-3494 | high | News travels of Aino's flight and death; Wainamoinen weeps because she has departed, vanished, and sunk to the bottom of the deep blue sea. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6717-6911 | high | The court-rooms are filled with singers, players, wise men, skilled persons, and wizards near the fires, all singing songs of Lapland and Hisi. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8765-8952 | high | Wainamoinen wakes, senses danger, changes complexion and form, slips into another body, and passes like a serpent, snake, worm, and adder through the coal-black death-stream and copper-iron nets. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 960-1054 | high | The preface describes birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, celestial bodies, blood, people, ships, trees, and waters as animated, speaking, magical, or capable of shapeshifting. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10353-10500 | medium | Moses is commanded to throw down his staff; when it moves as though it were a serpent, he retreats, and is told not to fear. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 14253-14381 | high | A Voice calls to Moses from the bush in the sacred hollow, identifies itself as God, commands him to throw down his rod, which moves as though a serpent, and gives the sign of the white unharmed hand for Pharaoh and his nobles. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 18865-18984 | high | A covenant is recalled in which a mountain is lifted over the people and they are told to hold fast to revelation; Sabbath transgressors are changed into scouted apes as a warning. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 26203-26315 | medium | God cursed and was angry with some, and “changed” some “into apes and swine”; worshippers of Thagout are described as astray. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1114-1189 | low | Before the final punishment, God afflicts the Adites with four years of drought; they send Lokman and sixty others to Mecca to beg rain; some remain there and escape, giving rise to the latter Ad, who are later changed into monkeys. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11148-11218 | medium | God's stratagem is described as taking Jesus into heaven and placing his likeness on another person, who is apprehended and crucified instead. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14049-14140 | medium | God has cursed and been angry with some, "having changed some of them into apes and swine," and they worship Taghut and err from the path. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14142-14225 | medium | The note identifies sabbath-breaking Jews of Ailah and disbelievers in the table sent down from heaven to Jesus; it also reports a view that young men became apes and old men swine. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14566-14638 | medium | Sale's note reports a tradition that several men were changed into swine for disbelieving the miracle, calling it magic, or stealing victuals. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14641-14704 | medium | If God appointed an angel as messenger, the angel would be sent in the form of a man and clothed as humans are clothed. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16855-16924 | medium | Offenders who refused what was forbidden are commanded to become apes driven away; the Lord declares future oppression of the Jews until resurrection and is described as swift in punishment and merciful. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 17405-17478 | medium | After hearing of Mohammed's league with Medina, the Meccans hold a council; the devil appears in the likeness of an old man of Najd; proposals to imprison, banish, or kill Mohammed are discussed, and Abu Jahl's proposal to kill him is approved. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVIII. / ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31587-31688 | high | Solomon entrusts the signet on which his kingdom depends to Amna; Sakhar comes in Solomon's shape, obtains the ring, rules on the throne, and Solomon wanders unrecognized. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III; lines 3578-3663 | medium | Al Jahedh said the Koran "was a body, which might sometimes be turned into a man, and sometimes into a beast"; the passage also mentions two faces, one human and one beastly, linked to letter and spirit. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39927-39986 | medium | The Jews are accused of corrupting scripture, accusing Mary, plotting against Jesus, unbelief, being metamorphosed into apes and swine, and engaging in disputes with Mohammedans; Jews and Christians are also accused of mutual condemnation and scripture corruption. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4322-4370 | low | A prophetic tradition says God will fix distinctive marks on ten sorts of wicked men: the excerpt lists ape forms, swine forms, reversed heads and distorted feet, blindness, and deafness/dumbness/blindness for different offender types. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9159-9242 | medium | At Ailah on the Red Sea, Sabbath fish tempted inhabitants; some trapped and ate them, resisted correction, were cursed by David, transformed into apes by God, remained three days, and were swept into the sea by wind. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2571-2609 | high | A yellow-haired youth kneels to Peredur, asks friendship, says he appeared as the black maiden and at earlier events, says he carried the bloody head and bleeding lance, identifies the head as Peredur's cousin killed by the sorceresses, says they lamed Peredur's uncle, identifies himself as Peredur's cousin, and states a prediction of vengeance. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4312-4396 | medium | Kai can endure nine nights and days under water and without sleep; wounds from his sword cannot be healed; he can become as tall as a tree and gives off protective heat. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 5061-5163 | high | Arthur asks which marvel to seek; the two cubs of Gast Rhymhi are named. At Aber Cleddyf, Tringad says Gast Rhymhi is in the form of a she-wolf with two cubs in a cave. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 5165-5254 | high | Arthur sends Menw to check for the precious things between Twrch Trwyth's ears; Menw becomes a bird, takes only a bristle, and is harmed by the boar's venom. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 5881-5976 | high | Arawn will send Pwyll to Annwvyn in his place, give him a very fair lady as companion, and put his form and semblance on Pwyll so no attendant will know it is not Arawn, for one year. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 5978-6073 | medium | The two kings fight in the ford; the man in Arawn's stead strikes Havgan through shield and armor and brings him to the ground with a deadly blow. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7379-7482 | high | The captor nooses a mouse for hanging; a bishop-like figure arrives, asks about the act, and offers escalating ransom of seven pounds, twenty-four pounds, and horses with baggage, all refused. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7677-7768 | high | Math uses his magic wand to turn Gilvaethwy and another man into deer, commands them to possess the animals' nature, and orders them to return after one year. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7770-7855 | high | Gwydion walks by the seashore, turns sedges and seaweed into a boat, makes fine Cordovan leather from dry sticks and sedges, begins shoemaking by Arianrod’s port, and disguises himself and the boy. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7955-8056 | high | Gronw rises from Bryn Kyvergyr, rests on one knee, throws the poisoned dart, and strikes Llew in the side so the head remains in him. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 8058-8139 | high | The eagle descends in the oak as Gwydion sings verses naming the oak and saying that it bears Llew Llaw Gyffes. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 8058-8139 | high | Gwydion overtakes Blodeuwedd and says he will not kill her but will turn her into a bird; the passage identifies Blodeuwedd as an owl hated by other birds. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8530-8609 | medium | Lludd is told to measure the island, dig at the central point, set a mead-filled cauldron with satin covering, watch the dragons change forms, let them fall in as pigs, drink, sleep, then wrap and bury them in a kistvaen in the strongest place. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701 | high | Gwion Bach flees as hare, fish, bird, and grain; Caridwen pursues as greyhound, otter-bitch, hawk, and high-crested black hen. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8703-8821 | high | Taliesin sings of being formed, doing penance in Caridwen's court, being liberated by a smiling black old hag, fleeing in many forms, becoming a white grain of wheat, being thrown into a dark leathern bag and set adrift on a boundless sea, and being set at liberty by the Lord God. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8917-9040 | low | Taliesin claims the muse from Caridwen's cauldron, time in stocks and fetters on the White Hill, power to instruct the universe, endurance until doomsday, and a body not known as flesh or fish. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4511-4647 | medium | Krishna tells Arjun that Bhishma's vow gives hope of victory and identifies Sikhandin as formerly female and made a warrior by the gods. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 1827-1939 | medium | Jelāl says that formerly God commanded that a young man taking precedence over an elder would be swallowed by the earth; he also mentions fear of being transformed into apes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448 | medium | Fable summary: Progne frees Philomela, brings her to Tereus's court, Progne and Philomela kill Itys, Progne serves him to Tereus, and the three main adults are transformed into birds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10450-10501 | high | The Thracian follows the daughters of Pandion with a drawn sword; their bodies are supported by wings. The note identifies them as Progne and Philomela, daughters of Pandion, king of Athens. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10504-10595 | high | The explanation states that the changes of Philomela, Progne, and Tereus are symbolic: lapwing for Tereus, nightingale hidden in woods for sorrow, and swallow near human dwellings for Progne’s restlessness. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10504-10595 | medium | Anacreon and Apollodorus reverse Philomela and Progne’s transformations; some writers place the event at Daulis, and Pausanias reports a tomb of Tereus near Athens. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1091-1191 | high | Jupiter says Lycaon has been punished and explains that he descended from Olympus in human shape to survey the earth, where guilt exceeded its report. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11123-11206 | high | A brazen cauldron boils with roots, seeds, flowers, juices, stones, sand, moonlit frost, owl parts, entrails of a wolf that changes into human form, water-snake slough, stag liver, and crow parts. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | high | Phyllius grants the boy birds, a tamed lion, and a subdued bull, but refuses the final request; the boy leaps from a rock, becomes a swan, and Hyrie dissolves in tears to form a lake. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | high | Phyllius grants the boy birds, a tamed lion, and a subdued bull, but refuses the final request; the boy leaps from a rock, becomes a swan, and Hyrie dissolves in tears to form a lake. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | medium | Medea passes Pitane, a stone image of a long Dragon, and the wood of Ida where Bacchus hid a stolen bullock under the appearance of a fictitious stag. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11457-11570 | high | Maera is identified as Icarius' dog, discoverer of his murder and later the Dog-star; alternative explanations include an unknown female transformed into a dog or a possible reference to Hecuba. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11572-11581 | high | Footnote 72 identifies Periphas as an ancient Attic king before Cecrops, changed into an eagle by Jupiter, while his wife was transformed into an osprey. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11572-11581 | medium | Footnote 72 identifies Periphas as an ancient Attic king before Cecrops, changed into an eagle by Jupiter, while his wife was transformed into an osprey. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11572-11581 | medium | Footnote 73 identifies Polypemon as Procrustes, slain by Theseus, and states that Halcyone, daughter of Scyron's son, was thrown into the sea by her father and changed into a kingfisher. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674 | high | The explanation states that escaping danger may become a story of bird transformation; hiding in a cave, serpent transformation; weeping, fountain transformation; and being lost in a wood, becoming a Nymph or Dryad. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674 | medium | The explanation states that escaping danger may become a story of bird transformation; hiding in a cave, serpent transformation; weeping, fountain transformation; and being lost in a wood, becoming a Nymph or Dryad. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11676-11770 | high | A treacherous Sithonian woman betrays a citadel after receiving demanded gold and is changed into a black-footed, black-feathered jackdaw with a passion for gold. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12067-12161 | high | In sleep, Aeacus sees the same oak and ants; they grow, rise upright, lose insect features, and take human form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12164-12245 | medium | Some writers describe the Myrmidons as industrious cave-dwelling Thessalians brought by Aeacus to repopulate his pestilence-stricken island; the note links the ant-transformation report to the Greek word μύρμηξ, meaning ant. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12164-12245 | medium | The fable summary states that Cephalus resists Aurora, tests Procris in disguise, reconciles with her, receives Diana’s dog and dart from her, and that the dog is turned to stone while hunting Themis’s beast. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1224-1310 | high | Lycaon flees, howls, cannot speak, turns his desire for slaughter against sheep, becomes a wolf, and retains hoariness, violent features, bright eyes, and ferocity. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12247-12338 | medium | The narrator returns from a goddess, fears his wife's infidelity, says Aurora encouraged the suspicion and changed his shape, and enters Athens and his house unknown. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12482-12529 | medium | The ravaging wild beast pursued by Procris' dog is called by some a monstrous fox; the explanation rationalizes it as a pirate or sea robber and links a shipwreck near rocks to the story that the dog and monster became stone; Tzetzes names the dog Cyon and the fox Alopis and calls Cyon a captain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1622-1709 | medium | They go down, veil their heads, ungird their garments, and cast stones behind their footsteps as ordered. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1815-1899 | medium | The fable summary states that Apollo loves Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus; she flees him, asks her father for aid, and is changed into a laurel. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1901-1990 | medium | She looks to the waters of Peneus and prays: “Give me, my father, thy aid,” then asks Earth to swallow or change the form by which she has pleased too much. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1992-2095 | medium | The note says Pope imitated the passage in Windsor Forest by describing the nymph Lodona pursued by Pan and transformed into a river. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2225-2297 | high | The fable summary says Jupiter changed Io into a cow to conceal her from Juno, then had to give her to Juno, who committed her to Argus's charge. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2225-2297 | high | Io feeds on arbute leaves and bitter herbs, lies on the ground, drinks muddy streams, cannot stretch out arms to Argus, and produces lowing sounds when trying to complain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII / LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I.; lines 225-247 | high | The blood-born race becomes impious; Jupiter transforms Lycaon into a wolf and destroys humans and animals by deluge, except for Deucalion and Pyrrha, who renew humanity by throwing stones after the waters abate. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII / LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I.; lines 225-247 | high | Daphne is changed into a laurel while fleeing Phoebus; other rivers visit her father Peneus, while Inachus is absent because he grieves for Io. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII / LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I.; lines 225-247 | medium | Jupiter ravishes Io and changes her into a cow; Juno entrusts her to Argus; Mercury relates Syrinx's transformation into reeds, kills Argus, and Juno places Argus's eyes in the peacock's tail. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2299-2386 | high | Io comes to the banks of her father Inachus, sees her new horns in the water, recoils in terror, and is not recognized by the Naiads or Inachus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2299-2386 | high | Io follows her father and sisters, lets them touch her, licks Inachus’s hand, weeps, cannot speak, and traces letters in dust to disclose her transformed body. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2389-2453 | medium | Syrinx rejects Pan's suit, flees through pathless places, reaches the sandy river Ladon, is stopped by the waters, and prays to her watery sisters to change her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2496-2600 | high | Jupiter asks Juno to end Io’s punishment and swears by the Stygian waters; after Juno is pacified, Io’s cow traits vanish and she is restored to human form, retaining only whiteness. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 250-281 | high | Epaphus challenges Phaëton's claim that Phœbus is his father; Phaëton asks to guide the Sun's chariot for a day; the earth burns, Æthiopians are darkened by heat, Jupiter strikes him, and his sisters and Cyenus are transformed while lamenting. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 250-281 | high | Jupiter visits earth to repair fire damage, sees Calisto, assumes Diana's form and debauches her; Juno changes Calisto into a bear; Arcas is about to shoot her, and Jupiter places both among the constellations. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND.; lines 2615-2682 | medium | Some mythologists say that after Mercury lulled Argus to sleep, Hierax woke him; Mercury killed Argus with a stone and turned Hierax into a spar-hawk. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 | medium | Actaeon, Cadmus’s grandson, is changed into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds; Juno takes pleasure in this. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 | medium | Juno hates Semele and Agenor’s house, assumes Beroe’s form, contrives Semele’s destruction by Jupiter’s lightning, and Bacchus is saved alive from his mother’s womb and raised on earth. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 | medium | Tiresias’s first prediction is fulfilled in Narcissus, who rejects females including Echo, loves himself, pines away, and becomes a flower; Echo has become a sound. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 | medium | Pentheus derides the prophet; Bacchus appears in disguise, recounts sailors changed into dolphins, is imprisoned, and Pentheus is torn apart by Bacchanals, after which Bacchus’s rites receive respect. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND.; lines 2999-3129 | medium | Dirce is described as transformed into a Bœotian fountain; Amymone as transformed into a fountain near Lerna; Ephyre/Corinth is associated with the bright spring Pyrene sacred to the Muses. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 | high | "Still Alcithoë and her sisters, neglecting the rites, attend to their spinning" and tell stories during festivities. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 | medium | The Sun assumes Eurynome's form to approach Leucothoë; Clytie becomes jealous of her sister and is transformed into a sunflower. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 | medium | The Sun assumes Eurynome's form to approach Leucothoë; Clytie becomes jealous of her sister and is transformed into a sunflower. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 | high | Cadmus leaves Thebes for Illyria with his wife, where both are transformed into serpents; Acrisius is named as the remaining despiser of Bacchus and grandfather of Perseus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 | medium | Perseus turns Atlas into a mountain, liberates Andromeda, changes seaweed into coral, and afterwards marries Andromeda. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3174-3264 | medium | The heading states that Phaëton’s sisters are changed into poplars and that their tears become amber distilling from those trees. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3266-3355 | high | Phaëton’s sisters lament; Phaëthusa’s feet grow stiff, Lampetie is detained by a root, other sisters tear leaves instead of hair or find legs and arms becoming trunk and branches, and bark gradually encloses their bodies. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3266-3355 | high | Cycnus, son of Sthenelus, king of Liguria and kinsman of Phaëton, leaves his kingdom and fills the banks, Eridanus, and the wood with complaints. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3358-3456 | medium | Plutarch places Phaëton’s tomb on the Po; his mother and sisters, overcome with grief, are said to have become poplars, or in some accounts larch trees, that distilled amber. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3358-3456 | medium | Cycnus, Phaëton’s friend, may have died from grief and was poetically said to have become a swan; the explanation also mentions other figures named Cycnus and Lucian’s skeptical report. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3358-3456 | high | Jupiter sees her weary and unprotected, speaks of a stolen embrace, takes Diana’s form and dress, kisses and embraces her, overcomes her resistance, then returns to heaven; Callisto leaves the grove in distress. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 339-351 | medium | A tumult arises during nuptials; Phineus claims betrothed Andromeda; Phineus, Prœtus, and Polydectes are turned into stone. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 339-351 | high | The Muses tell Pallas the story of Pyreneus and the Pierides, who are transformed into magpies after repeating various songs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 339-351 | high | The catalogue lists Cyane into a fountain, a boy into a lizard, Ascalaphus into an owl, Sirens partly into birds, Arethusa into a spring, and Lyncus into a lynx. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3458-3554 | high | Juno seizes Calisto by the hair; Calisto’s arms grow black hair, her hands become hooked claws, her mouth changes, her speech is removed, but her understanding remains. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3458-3554 | high | Juno, angered by Arcas’s birth and Calisto’s relation to Jupiter, calls Calisto an adulteress and says she will spoil the shape that charms Jupiter. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI.; lines 354-376 | high | Pallas, influenced by the Muses, resolves to destroy Arachne; Pallas and Arachne compete in weaving, depict transformations on their webs, and Arachne is changed into a spider. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3556-3606 | high | The raven is addressed as garrulous and said to have been suddenly transformed into a black-winged bird, though formerly white. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3609-3674 | high | The narrator identifies herself as a royal virgin, daughter of Coroneus, and says the Ocean god saw her on the shore, desired her, entreated her, prepared violence, and followed her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3609-3674 | medium | The fable summary says a virgin favorite of Apollo, with the same name as Coronis, is changed into a crow because of a story told to Minerva about Ericthonius's basket. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3677-3764 | high | Nyctimene defiled her father's bed; the gods punish her incest by transforming her into an owl; she avoids human gaze and light, conceals her shame in darkness, and is expelled from the sky by all birds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3767-3868 | high | Ocyrrhoe sighs and says the Fates prevent her, her voice is precluded, and her arts have brought divine wrath on her; she wishes she had not known the future. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3767-3868 | high | The fable summary says Mercury stole Apollo's oxen, bribed Battus to keep silent, mistrusted him, assumed another shape, tempted him with presents, corrupted him, and changed him into a touchstone for treachery. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII.; lines 379-400 | medium | Medea accompanies Jason to Greece and restores Æson to youth by the aid of drugs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII.; lines 379-400 | high | Medea promises the same renewal to Pelias, first changes a ram into a lamb as a specimen, and kills him by stratagem. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3870-3916 | high | The son of Jupiter feigns departure, returns with changed form and voice, asks about cows passing that way, and offers a female with its bull as reward for speaking about the theft. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3919-4011 | medium | The explanation says Ocyrrhoë’s transformation into a mare may have been based on riding and horse-management skills learned from her father, and on horsemen being taken for half-man half-horse monsters. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4054-4143 | low | Aglauros cannot rise; her joints stiffen, chill and pallor spread, breath and voice fail, and she becomes a hard, bloodless stone statue stained by her mind. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4146-4217 | high | Jupiter, the father and ruler of the gods, 'assumes the appearance of a bull'; the bull is snow-colored, peaceful, and not threatening. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4146-4217 | high | After the grandson of Atlas returns to the skies, his father commands him to go to the Sidonian region and drive the king's mountain-fed herd toward the sea-shore. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4220-4258 | medium | The ship is said probably to have had a bull-shaped figurehead, giving rise to the story that Jupiter concealed himself in the shape of a bull to carry off Europa. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD.; lines 4261-4331 | medium | Jupiter has carried Europa away, laid aside the deceiving bull shape, revealed himself, and reached the Dictaean land. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4519 | medium | A voice asks why the son of Agenor contemplates the dragon he has slain and says he himself will be seen in the form of a dragon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4522-4606 | high | Actaeon, grandson of Cadmus, wanders to Diana's cool valley of Gargaphie, surprises Diana and her nymphs bathing, is transformed into a stag, and is torn apart by his own hounds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4522-4606 | high | Actaeon, grandson of Cadmus, wanders to Diana's cool valley of Gargaphie, surprises Diana and her nymphs bathing, is transformed into a stag, and is torn apart by his own hounds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4608-4685 | high | Diana places stag horns on his head, lengthens his neck, sharpens his ears, changes hands and arms into feet and long legs, covers him with spotted hair, and adds fear. He flees, sees his horns in the stream, cannot speak, groans, weeps with a stag's face, and retains his former understanding. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4687-4786 | high | The pack pursues over rocks, cliffs, crags, steep paths, and roadless ground, while Actaeon flees along routes where he had often pursued prey. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4687-4786 | high | “I am Actæon, recognize your own master.” Words are wanting to his wishes; the air resounds with their barking. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4687-4786 | medium | The note discusses ceremonial sprinkling before transformation by offended goddesses and compares it with enchantresses in the Arabian Nights, specifically Beder under Queen Labè. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK VII. / INTRODUCTION. / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK THE FIRST.; lines 477-588 | medium | The speaker announces the design to speak of forms changed into new bodies, invokes the gods who changed them, and asks for a narrative from the world's beginning to his own times. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4913-5002 | high | Juno rises from her throne, approaches Semele's threshold hidden in a fiery cloud, adopts the features and voice of an old woman, and becomes Beroe, the Epidaurian nurse of Semele. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135 | high | Jupiter and Juno dispute about sexual pleasure and consult Tiresias, who had been transformed from man to woman and back after striking mating serpents. Tiresias sides with Jupiter, and Juno blinds him. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5137-5218 | medium | Rejected, Echo hides in the woods, covers her face with green leaves, lives in lonely caves, and wastes away until voice and bones alone are left. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5378-5452 | medium | The Fable VIII summary says Pentheus ridicules Tiresias, forbids Bacchus’s worship, commands Bacchus’s capture, hears Bacchus under the form of Acœtes, goes to Mount Cithæron to disturb the rites, and is torn apart by his mother and the Bacchantes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5564-5654 | high | The sailors swear deceitfully, tell Acœtes to sail, then urge him away from Naxos; Acœtes refuses the helm, and Æthalion takes over and steers another course. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5762-5793 | medium | Footnote 94 says Hyginus reports that Bacchus changed oars into thyrsi, sails into grape clusters, and rigging into ivy branches. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5796-5867 | low | Bochart explains the mariners' transformation story as based on Etrurian merchants whose vessel had a dolphin or porpoise-like prow, who were probably shipwrecked near Bacchus-sacred Naxos, and whose destruction was reported as punishment for impiety. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH.; lines 5870-5943 | medium | The daughter considers stories of Dercetis in pools with scales, a winged daughter in white towers, a Naiad changing young men to fish and undergoing the same, and a tree whose white fruit became purple from blood. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH.; lines 6132-6209 | high | Derceto is said to have been mother of Semiramis by an illicit amour and, in despair, to have thrown herself into a lake near Ascalon, where she was changed into a fish. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH.; lines 6132-6209 | medium | A Naiad of the Island of the Sun is described as changing youths into fishes; as a consequence of her cruelty, she was herself changed into a fish by the Sun. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 | medium | The note says Bacchus’s worship in Greece met opposition; his priests and devotees publicized miracles; the daughters of Minyas were said to become bats for neglecting his orgies, though the note rationalizes their absence as possible death or flight. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 | medium | The Syrians are said to represent Dercetis as woman above and fish below, abstain from fish, offer fish, and hang gilded fish in her temple; Selden connects her story with Dagon, represented as a fish, and with the name ‘Adir Dagon.’ | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6281-6383 | high | The god enters the beloved chamber in the shape of Eurynome, sees Leucothoë with twelve handmaids near the threshold spinning, kisses her as a mother, and tells the maids to withdraw. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6385-6481 | high | Leucothoë's body dissolves into odoriferous juices, moistens the earth, and a frankincense shoot takes root and rises through the hillock. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6385-6481 | high | The Sun comes no more to Clytie and ends his intercourse with her, despite the possibility that love and grief might excuse her betrayal. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6484-6541 | medium | The explanation says no historical basis is known for Leucothoë being buried by Orchamus or Clytie becoming a sunflower; it proposes a natural-philosophical basis involving a frankincense tree called Leucothoë, Apollo and physic, and sunflower rivalry. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6484-6541 | medium | Alcithoë mentions Daphnis turned into stone by a Nymph, Scython changed from man to woman, Celmus now adamant, the Curetes sprung from rain, and Crocus and Smilax changed into flowers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6484-6541 | medium | Alcithoë mentions Daphnis turned into stone by a Nymph, Scython changed from man to woman, Celmus now adamant, the Curetes sprung from rain, and Crocus and Smilax changed into flowers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6544-6633 | medium | Daphnis the shepherd is said to have been turned into stone, probably as an allegory of insensibility; Thalia is the affronted Nymph. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6544-6633 | medium | Scython’s sex change is explained as possibly based on Thrace changing from the masculine name Scython to the feminine Thracia. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6544-6633 | medium | Crocus and Smilax are given as either a chaste married couple changed into flowers or as a youth and Nymph transformed after rejected advances. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6544-6633 | high | The fable summary says Salmacis loves Hermaphroditus, is rejected, seizes him while he bathes, and the two become one body with different sexes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6635-6709 | medium | Hermaphroditus says the waters made him half male and asks his father and mother that any man entering them leave half a man; both parents assent and taint the fountain with ambiguous drugs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6752-6853 | medium | A fountain in Caria near Halicarnassus is described as a place where displaced barbarians met Greek colonists; their intercourse is said to have polished and later corrupted the men, giving the fountain a reputation for changing men into women. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6752-6853 | high | The fable heading states that Bacchus punishes the daughters of Minyas for contempt of his worship by changing them into bats and their work into ivy and vine leaves. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6752-6853 | high | While hiding, the sisters grow membranes and light wings, lose their former shape, produce small squeaking complaints, frequent houses rather than woods, avoid light, fly by night, and are named from evening/night. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6752-6853 | medium | The Fable VII summary says Tisiphone, sent by Juno, causes Athamas’ madness; Athamas kills Learchus, pursues Ino, Ino leaps into the sea with Melicerta, Neptune changes them into sea deities at Venus’ request, and attendants become stone or birds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6933-7031 | medium | A wave-hollowed rock hangs over the sea; Ino climbs it and casts herself and her burden into the deep, making the water white with foam. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6933-7031 | high | Sidonian attendants trace the footprints to the rock edge, think death certain, lament Cadmus's house, and blame the goddess as unjust and severe. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6933-7031 | high | Juno says she will make the attendants memorials of her displeasure; one cannot leap after the queen and sticks to the rock, others harden in gestures of mourning, and some become birds skimming the waves. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7081-7175 | high | Cadmus recalls the disasters of his house, asks whether the dragon he killed and whose teeth he sowed was sacred, prays to become a serpent if the gods avenge it, and begins changing into a serpent with scales, speckled body, and merged legs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7081-7175 | medium | The fable heading and opening state that Cadmus's family misfortunes force him to leave Thebes with Hermione and reach Illyria, where they will be changed into serpents. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7243 | high | Cadmus is driven from Thebes after a conspiracy; Pentheus assumes the crown; Cadmus and Hermione retire to Illyria. The explanation says a story later arose that they were serpents and links it to the names ‘Achivi’ and ‘Chiva.’ | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7243 | medium | Fable IX summary: Perseus, son of Jupiter and Danaë, kills Medusa and carries her head into Africa; its blood produces serpents; Atlas fears an oracle about golden fruit and is transformed into a mountain when Perseus shows him the Gorgon's head. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7245-7295 | high | Atlas becomes a mountain: beard and hair become woods, shoulders and hands become ridges, head becomes the summit, and bones become stones. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7245-7295 | high | Perseus, weaker than Atlas, says his friendship has little value and, turning his own face away, exposes Medusa's horrible features on his left side. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 | medium | Danaë is confined after Acrisius hears a prophecy about her child; Jupiter is said to seduce her as a shower of gold, while a rationalizing account says Prœtus bribed guards with gold; Danaë bears Perseus, and mother and child are exposed in a boat, reach Seriphus, and are received by Polydectes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7395-7479 | medium | Introductory explanation: Perseus changes Atlas into a mountain, finds Andromeda exposed to a monster, kills it, hides the Gorgon’s head beneath seaweed and plants that become coral, thanks the gods, marries Andromeda, and tells of Medusa’s death and serpent hair. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7395-7479 | medium | Introductory explanation: Perseus changes Atlas into a mountain, finds Andromeda exposed to a monster, kills it, hides the Gorgon’s head beneath seaweed and plants that become coral, thanks the gods, marries Andromeda, and tells of Medusa’s death and serpent hair. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7481-7575 | medium | Perseus lays Medusa's face on sea leaves and weeds; the fresh weeds absorb the monster's poison and harden; sea nymphs repeat the process, and coral is explained as plant in the sea and stone outside it. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7481-7575 | medium | Asked why Medusa alone had snakes in her hair, Perseus says she had been famed for beauty and hair, and that the sovereign of the sea deflowered her in Minerva's temple. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7825-7914 | medium | Perseus says he will seek assistance from an enemy, warns friends to turn away their faces, and produces the head of the Gorgon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8101-8206 | medium | "They were birds; and magpies that imitate everything, lamenting their fate, they stood perched on the boughs, nine in number." | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8101-8206 | high | The first challenger sings of divine wars, honors the Giants, says Typhoeus terrified Heaven and drove the gods to Egypt by the seven-mouthed Nile, and lists gods concealed as animal forms including a horned flock-leader, crow, he-goat, cat, cow, fish, and ibis. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8208-8226 | medium | The story of Venus transformed into a fish to escape the Giants is said to be told in the second book of the Fasti. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8229-8324 | medium | The Pierides' challenge to the Muses is explained through Pierus's bad poetry; his daughters or works were said to have changed into magpies, and the Typhoeus animal-concealment story is speculatively linked to a poem on the Gods' war with the Giants. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8327-8418 | high | Cyane laments Proserpina and the slight to her spring, dissolves into tears, and her limbs, hair, fingers, legs, back, shoulders, and breast vanish into water and rivulets. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8420-8517 | high | The transformed figure gains legs where arms had been, receives a tail, shrinks below the size of a small lizard, becomes speckled, flees the old woman, and seeks concealment. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8531-8624 | low | The transformation of Stellio into a newt may have no foundation except the poet’s fancy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8626-8716 | medium | The explanatory heading summarizes Ceres’s search, Arethusa’s information, Jupiter’s condition for return, Proserpine’s pomegranate seeds, Ascalaphus’s owl transformation, the Sirens’ wings, and the six-month division between earth and the Infernal Regions. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8718-8819 | high | Ascalaphus alone sees the act and, by revealing it, cruelly prevents her return. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8718-8819 | high | The daughters of Acheloüs are described as having feathers and bird feet but maiden faces, and as having been Proserpine’s companions while she gathered spring flowers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8821-8910 | high | Ascalaphus is described as Pluto’s courtier and adviser, an opponent of Ceres’s efforts, and a figure connected with pomegranate seeds, mines, a stone, owl transformation, and lizard transformation variants. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8821-8910 | high | Cyane reproaches Pluto over his treatment of Proserpine and is said to be changed into a fountain; the explanation links the story to a stream near Syracuse. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8912-8988 | high | Besieged within the cloud, Arethusa sweats cold and blue drops, water forms wherever she moves, drops trickle from her hair, and she is changed into a stream; Alpheus recognizes the waters and changes from mortal shape into his own waters to mingle with her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8991-9085 | high | Lyncus envies Triptolemus, hosts him, attacks him with a sword while he sleeps, and is changed by Ceres into a lynx; Triptolemus is sent again through the air with the sacred chariot team. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8991-9085 | high | After the learned song, the Nymphs unanimously judge the goddesses of Helicon victorious; the defeated sisters respond with abuse and are warned of punishment before feathers and beaks appear. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9088-9125 | high | Triptolemus' voyage and travel dangers are proposed as the origin of Lyncus' story, in which Lyncus' cruelty caused him to be changed into a lynx. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9128-9209 | high | Pallas takes the form of an old woman, with gray hair and staff, and advises Arachne to seek mortal fame, yield to the goddess, and ask pardon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9128-9209 | medium | The fable summary states that Arachne challenges Minerva, Minerva accepts, strikes Arachne when enraged at being outdone, Arachne hangs herself, and Minerva transforms her into a spider. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9211-9304 | high | The Maeonian Nymph depicts Europa deceived by the bull form, seemingly on a real sea, looking back toward land, calling to companions, fearing the waves, and drawing up her feet. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9211-9304 | high | Arachne ties a halter around her throat; Pallas supports her as she hangs and pronounces that she shall live but hang, with the same punishment extending to her race and posterity. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9306-9426 | high | Gerane or Pygas, queen of the Pigmies, was worshipped as a goddess, despised deities including Juno and Diana, and was changed by them into a crane. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9306-9426 | high | Asterie, daughter of Caeus and Phoebe, wife of Perses and mother of Hecate, was ravished by Jupiter as an eagle and later changed into a quail and a stone. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9306-9426 | medium | Gerane or Pygas, queen of the Pigmies, was worshipped as a goddess, despised deities including Juno and Diana, and was changed by them into a crane. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9444-9536 | medium | Arachne is described as a skilful worker in silk and wool, daughter of Idmon, credited by Pliny with inventing linen cloths and nets; the invention is also attributed to Minerva, and Arachne's hanging and alleged transformation are linked to spider associations and possible word origins. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9444-9536 | high | The passage explains deities' intrigues and transformations by saying that rulers or priests used force or divine names, while standards and ships bore animal ensigns, leading narrators to say a ravisher changed into a bull, eagle, or lion. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9444-9536 | medium | The passage explains deities' intrigues and transformations by saying that rulers or priests used force or divine names, while standards and ships bore animal ensigns, leading narrators to say a ravisher changed into a bull, eagle, or lion. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9538-9591 | medium | The passage discusses the fable of Pygas changed into a crane and then summarizes an account of Œnoë/Gerane, an oppressive Pygmy princess whose subjects seized her son Mopsus and whose name was connected with the Greek word for crane. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9538-9591 | medium | The fable summary states that Theban matrons process in honor of Latona; Niobe claims superiority and shows contempt; Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children to avenge their mother; Niobe is changed into a statue. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9655-9741 | medium | Niobe sits childless among her dead sons, daughters, and husband; her hair, eyes, tongue, neck, arms, and feet become motionless, and her entrails are stone. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9743-9815 | high | "Still did she weep on... she dissolves; and even yet does the marble distil tears." | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9818-9899 | high | Ovid, Pausanias, and Homer are compared on the deaths and burial of Niobe's children; Ismenus throws himself into a Boeotian river; Niobe retires to Mount Sipylus, where a rock resembles a grieving woman, and Ovid says she is changed into a rock on a Lydian mountain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9818-9899 | high | Latona, fatigued from carrying two children and parched with thirst, seeks water at a pond; countrymen prevent her from drinking and muddy the water; she punishes them by transforming them into frogs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9901-9983 | high | Latona raises her hands to heaven and says, “For ever may you live in that pool”; the wish comes to pass. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10032-10109 | high | Glaucus sees fish laid on grass revive and leap into the water; he eats the grass, becomes mad, leaps into the sea, and is transformed into a sea god. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10111-10175 | high | The speaker says he is not a monster or savage beast but a god of the waters, and names Proteus, Triton, and Palaemon in relation to rule over the deep. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10178-10207 | high | Euripides and Pausanias describe Glaucus as interpreter of Nereus and skilled in prophecy; Nicander says Apollo learned prediction from him; Strabo and Philostratus say he was metamorphosed into a Triton, akin to Ovid’s description. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH.; lines 10210-10310 | high | Unable and unwilling to injure Glaucus, Circe becomes enraged against Scylla, bruises herbs with horrid juices, mingles them with Hecate's incantations, puts on azure vestments, and leaves her hall. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH.; lines 10210-10310 | medium | Scylla remains at that spot, later deprives Ulysses of companions, would have overwhelmed Trojan ships, and is transformed into a craggy rock avoided by sailors. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10312-10415 | high | Jupiter, abhorring the frauds and perjuries of the Cercopians, changes them into ugly animals with contracted limbs, flattened noses, wrinkled faces, yellow hair, and no articulate language. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10312-10415 | high | Jupiter, abhorring the frauds and perjuries of the Cercopians, changes them into ugly animals with contracted limbs, flattened noses, wrinkled faces, yellow hair, and no articulate language. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10447-10540 | high | Aeneas sees islands of Cercopians transformed into apes by Jupiter; Aeschines and Suidas name robbers Candulus and Atlas who are transformed into apes after being about to insult Jupiter. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10886-10985 | high | Circe greets the travelers, grants their wishes, orders barley, honey, wine, curds, and pressed milk to be mixed, and secretly adds drugs under the sweetness. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10987-11030 | high | The group is sprinkled with harmless plant juices, struck on the head with an inverted wand, and restored as reverse charms are chanted; bristles and cloven-foot features vanish and human shoulders and arms return. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11033-11116 | high | Ulysses remains at Circe's luxurious court, reflects on his degraded state, resolves to leave; moly typifies wisdom, companions changed into swine represent sensual degradation, and wolves, lions, and horses represent brute propensities. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 | high | Circe asks Picus to favor her passion and accept the Sun as father-in-law; Picus refuses because Canens holds him, and Circe threatens that he will not return to Canens. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 | high | Circe turns twice west and twice east, touches Picus three times with a wand, repeats three charms, and Picus becomes a bird with wings, beak, robe-colored wings, gold-colored neck, and only his name remaining. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 | medium | Picus' attendants search for him, confront Circe, and prepare to attack; Circe scatters poisons, invokes Night, the Gods of Night, Erebus, Chaos, and Hecate, produces prodigies, and transforms the young men into wild beasts. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11221-11315 | high | Picus is described as an aboriginal Italian king later deified; he claimed foreknowledge, used a tamed woodpecker for augury, was reported after death to have become that bird, and was ranked among the Dii Indigetes of Latium. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11221-11315 | high | The fable heading says Turnus asks Diomedes for help against Aeneas; Diomedes refuses from fear of Venus and recounts followers transformed by Venus into birds; an Apulian shepherd insults Nymphs and becomes a wild olive tree. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11221-11315 | high | Canens, wife of Picus, retired to a solitary place after his youthful death, died there, and her intense grief produced the fable that she pined away into a sound. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11317-11406 | high | Agmon, impetuous and embittered, says there is nothing further for patience to refuse and declares that the men under Diomedes despise Venus' hate. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11317-11406 | high | Lycus, Idas, Nycteus, Rhetenor, and Abas are astounded and take similar form; much of the company flies off around the oars, in birds not swans but approaching white swans; the speaker remains with a small remnant. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11317-11406 | medium | An Apulian shepherd alarms and scares the Nymphs; when they recover and dance, he follows, mocks their movements with grotesque capers, and uses filthy rustic abuse. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11317-11406 | high | Before the shepherd can be silent, a growing tree closes his throat; the wild olive's bitter berries indicate the infamy and coarseness of his tongue. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11409-11506 | high | The explanation recounts Diomedes’ exile, his companions’ flight to Diomedea, and reports that they were transformed into birds by Venus as punishment; variant bird identifications are noted. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11409-11506 | medium | The note says ancient authors are silent about the rude shepherd changed into a wild olive and suggests Ovid may have drawn it from local tradition. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11409-11506 | high | The Mother of the Gods recalls that the pines were cut on Ida, arrives with cymbal, pipe, and lions, declares she will save the ships, and thunder, showers, hail, winds, and waves follow. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11409-11506 | high | The goddess breaks the cables, carries the ships under the ocean, and their forms change: wood to flesh, sterns to heads, oars to fingers and feet, keel to backbone, cordage to hair, and yards to arms. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11563-11661 | high | Satyrs, Pans, Sylvanus, and another god try to gain Pomona; Vertumnus exceeds them in love but is no more fortunate at first. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11663-11721 | high | The old woman says she loves the addressee, urges her to despise a common alliance, choose Vertumnus as partner, and take the speaker as surety for him. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11724-11824 | medium | The explanation derives Vertumnus from a word for change and suggests that his various forms to please Pomona may symbolize seasonal changes needed for fruit to ripen; the disguises of labourer, reaper, and old woman may portray spring, harvest, and winter. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11826-11915 | high | A statue and temple of Venus are mentioned; the god urges the nymph to unite with the one who loves her, resumes youthful form from an old woman's garb, and the nymph is captivated. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11985-12039 | medium | The commentary says Iphis hanged himself for love of Anaxarete and that Anaxarete's stone transformation seems to be a poetic metaphor for extreme insensibility. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1211-1328 | high | The sisters beat their breasts, embrace and kiss the body and bier, press the gathered ashes to their breasts, lie around the tomb, kiss the inscribed name, and pour tears on it. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12222-12301 | high | Mortals are told not to fear Styx, shades, funeral flames, or bodily dissolution because souls are not subject to death and live in new dwellings. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12303-12387 | medium | The speaker says he is borne over the ocean and states that nothing remains in the same state; all things flow onward, time glides like a river, and moments are renewed. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12474-12561 | medium | Etna is described as formerly not fiery and not always to remain fiery; possible causes include living earth’s breathing passages, enclosed winds, burning bitumen or sulphur, and exhausted fuel. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12474-12561 | medium | The hyena changes sex; an air-feeding animal changes color by contact; lynx bladder discharge becomes stone; coral is soft below water and hardens in air. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12563-12665 | medium | Everything in heaven and earth changes form; humans are bodies and fleeting souls that may enter beasts or cattle, so animal bodies may contain the souls of kin or humans and should be unmolested. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12667-12779 | high | Vibius Sequester says a person who bathes nine times in the Tritonian lake in Thrace is changed into a bird; the note adds a rationalizing explanation involving fleecy snow. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12667-12779 | medium | The Ammon fountain called the water of the Sun changes temperature through the day and boils at midnight; Jupiter was worshipped nearby under ram form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12781-12855 | high | Pliny tells the story of persons changed into serpents after death; Antigonus expands it, and the note suggests the fiction may protect the bones of the dead from molestation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12781-12855 | medium | Pliny mentions a vulgar belief that the hyena is male and female in alternate years, while Aristotle refuted it. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12781-12855 | low | Pliny says a substance becomes hard and turns into fiery-tinted gems called lyncurium; later identifications are proposed. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12858-12942 | medium | The fable summary states: Egeria changes into a fountain; Hippolytus dies after his horses fear a sea-monster and becomes Virbius; Tages rises from earth; Romulus's lance becomes a cornel-tree; Cippus becomes horned and chooses exile. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12944-13014 | medium | Egeria's grief persists; she throws herself at the base of a hill, and the sister of Phoebus makes a cool fountain from her body and dissolves her limbs in flowing waters. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12944-13014 | medium | Romulus once saw his lance fixed in the Palatine hill suddenly put forth a root, cease to be a dart, become a tree with twigs, and give unexpected shade. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13016-13099 | medium | Cippus sees horns in the stream water, touches his forehead to verify them, and prays that the portent benefit Rome if auspicious or fall on himself if unlucky. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13102-13196 | medium | Romans seek Egeria in the grove of Aricia, find a fountain, circulate a transformation story, and St. Augustin links Numa’s use of the waters to hydromancy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13198-13289 | medium | Romulus' spear, thrown from Mount Aventine toward the Capitol, sticks in the ground and becomes a leafy tree; this prodigy is taken as a presage of Rome's greatness, and the Republic is said to flourish while the tree stands. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13291-13376 | high | In sleep, the saving god appears by a Roman's couch, holding a rustic staff, and tells him to observe the serpent around it because he will be changed into that larger form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13291-13376 | high | The god appears as a gold-glittering serpent with erect crest, hisses, shakes the statue, altars, doors, pavement, and roof, and stands erect in the temple with fiery eyes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13378-13486 | high | “The serpent rises erect” and moves from the Latian ship to the Island in the divided river; “the serpent, son of Phœbus” ends mourning after “having resumed his celestial form” and comes as “the restorer of health.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1461-1546 | high | Fable summary: Theseus is stopped by Acheloüs’ inundation, enters the river-god’s grotto, hears of five Naiads changed into the Echinades, and of Perimele transformed by Neptune into an island after being thrown into the sea. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1461-1546 | medium | Footnote identifies Gorge and Deïanira and names the two sisters of Meleager changed into birds as Eurymede and Melanippe. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1548-1589 | medium | Neptune shakes the waters with assent; Perimele swims in fear, her body grows hard, earth encloses her limbs, and “a heavy island grew upon her changed members.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1592-1674 | low | The fable summary states that Jupiter and Mercury, disguised as humans, are refused by neighbors but welcomed by Philemon and Baucis; the gods reward them with a temple-priesthood transformation, change them into trees, submerge the impious village as a lake, and Acheloüs relates Proteus' changes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1676-1772 | high | Proteus, inhabitant of the encompassing sea, is described as appearing as a young man, lion, boar, serpent, bull, stone, tree, flowing water or river, and fire. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1792-1880 | high | Explanation of Proteus gives rationalizing traditions: orator, pantomime actor, Egyptian king, wise and just prince, animal-skin helmet changes including serpent skin, and cavern passage from Pallene to Egypt. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1951-2042 | high | Neptune does not despise her prayer; although her master had just seen her, he changes her form and gives her the appearance and habit of a man who catches fish. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1951-2042 | high | The daughter stretches her hands over the neighbouring sea and asks Neptune to deliver her from a master, identifying him as possessor of the prize of her ravished virginity. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1951-2042 | high | Achelous says that he too can often change his body, though within limits: he appears as himself, as a snake, and as a horned leader of a herd; one side of his forehead is now deprived of its weapon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2045-2065 | medium | Metra is said to have been able to turn her hand to any useful employment in time of need. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2068-2150 | high | Acheloüs transforms into various shapes and finally into a bull; Hercules overcomes him and breaks off one horn. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2068-2150 | high | “Inferior in strength, I had recourse to my arts, and transformed into a long serpent, I escaped from the hero.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2152-2232 | high | “twisted my body into winding folds” and darted a “forked tongue.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2235-2321 | high | Early authors veil the events in fiction: Hercules fights the river god, who changes into a serpent and then a bull; these forms are explained as the river’s winding course and violent overflow. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | OF THE / PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII.; lines 234-271 | high | Minos besieges Megara; Scylla betrays her country because of love for Minos; the country's safety depends on Nisu's purple lock; Scylla is rejected, clings to Minos's ship, and becomes a bird while Nisu becomes a sea eagle. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2393-2473 | medium | Hercules ranges along lofty Oeta in pain, rages against trees and mountains, stretches his arms toward his father’s heaven, finds Lichas hidden in a hollow rock, accuses him over the fatal present, and hurls him into the Euboean waves. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2575-2662 | high | Galanthis, Alcmena’s maid, says Alcmena has already delivered, making Ilithyia withdraw; Alcmena’s pains ease and Hercules is born. The goddess punishes Galanthis by transforming her into a weasel. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2664-2745 | medium | The goddess leaps up and loosens her hands, Alcmena is delivered, Galanthis laughs at deceiving the divinity, and the goddess drags her by the hair and changes her arms into fore feet. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 274-294 | high | Acheloüs relates his transformations while contending with Hercules for Deïanira; Hercules wins her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 274-294 | high | Iphis had recently been changed into a man on the day of her nuptials. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2748-2841 | high | Hercules is born during the war; a story says Jupiter took Amphitryon’s form to deceive Alcmena and was the infant’s father. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2748-2841 | medium | Galanthis’ metamorphosis is described as an Ovidian episode; the note links her name to the Greek word for weasel and cites Ælian that Thebans honored the animal for helping Alcmena in labor. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 297-312 | medium | Orpheus, in sorrow, repairs to mountain solitudes; trees gather around him at the sound of his lyre, including the pine linked to Atys and the cypress linked to Cyparissus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 297-312 | medium | Orpheus sings of Ganymede's rape; Hyacinthus, beloved and slain by Apollo, becoming a flower; the Cerastae becoming bulls; and the Propoetides becoming stones. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 297-312 | high | Orpheus sings of Myrrha changed into the myrrh tree after incest with her father; Venus relates to Adonis the transformation of Hippomenes and Atalanta into lions; Adonis becomes an anemone. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3008-3100 | high | The fable summary states that Lotis, pursued by Priapus, becomes a tree; Dryope, going to sacrifice to the Naiads and not knowing this, breaks a branch for her child and undergoes a similar transformation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3008-3100 | high | The fable summary states that Lotis, pursued by Priapus, becomes a tree; Dryope, going to sacrifice to the Naiads and not knowing this, breaks a branch for her child and undergoes a similar transformation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3102-3186 | high | Dryope plucks lotus flowers for her child; the narrator sees blood drops fall and the boughs tremble; the swains say Lotis fled Priapus and changed into this plant. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X. / BOOK XI.; lines 315-333 | high | Orpheus is torn apart by Thracian women; a serpent attacking his face is changed into stone; the women are transformed into trees by Bacchus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3241-3332 | high | The fable summary says Byblis loves her brother Caunus; he leaves his country to avoid encouraging her passion; she follows him through Caria and is changed into a fountain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK IX. / BOOK X. / BOOK XI. / BOOK XII.; lines 336-354 | high | At Aulis, the Greeks see a serpent changed into stone and prepare to sacrifice Iphigenia to Diana, but a hind is substituted. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK IX. / BOOK X. / BOOK XI. / BOOK XII.; lines 336-354 | high | At the first onset, Achilles dashes Cygnus against a stone; Neptune changes Cygnus into a swan, and Cygnus had been vulnerable by no weapon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK IX. / BOOK X. / BOOK XI. / BOOK XII.; lines 336-354 | high | At the chiefs' banquet, Nestor recalls Cæneus, who was invulnerable, changed from a woman into a man, buried under a heap of trees, and transformed into a bird; Cæneus was one of the Lapithæ in the battle with the Centaurs, where Nestor was present. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3485-3574 | high | Byblis falls exhausted when the woods fail, lies silent with her hair on the ground, presses leaves with her face, tears green herbs with her nails, and waters the grass with tears while Lelegeian Nymphs try to raise and console her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK X. / BOOK XI. / BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII.; lines 357-370 | high | Ajax Telamon and Ulysses contend for Achilles’ arms; Ajax kills himself, and a hyacinth springs from his blood. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3655-3750 | high | Ovid and Antoninus Liberalis are said to make Byblis travel in search of her brother to Caria; Antoninus has her transformed into a Hamadryad near a mountain summit, while Ovid has her changed into a fountain bearing her name. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3655-3750 | high | The fable summary says Ligdus orders Telethusa to destroy a female infant; Isis appears in a dream, forbids obedience, promises protection; Telethusa bears a daughter, Iphis, who passes as a son and later marries Ianthe; Isis transforms Iphis into a man. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XI. / BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV.; lines 373-392 | high | "Circe changes Scylla into a monster." | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3752-3838 | medium | Iphis compares herself to the daughter of the Sun who loved a bull, mentions Daedalus and his waxen wings, asks whether he could make her a youth or transform Ianthe, and says nature alone prevents the desired marriage; she invokes Juno and Hymenaeus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3840-3937 | medium | The goddess moves or seems to move her altars; the temple doors shake; her moonlike horns shine; the sistrum sounds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3940-3952 | medium | The explanation describes the story of Iphis being changed from a young woman into a man, says Ovid places it in Crete, and notes that ancient history is silent about it. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV.; lines 395-408 | high | Numa attends Pythagoras’s lectures on the changes that all matter is eternally undergoing. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH.; lines 4040-4101 | medium | A trembling figure beholds a dog with three necks, the middle one bearing chains, and is changed into stone as fear leaves only when former nature leaves him. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH.; lines 411-502 | high | The fable summary says Minos besieges Megara; the city's preservation depends on Nisus's lock; Scylla falls in love, cuts off the lock, gives it to Minos, is rejected, leaps into the sea, and is transformed after Nisus attacks her as a sea eagle. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4205-4260 | high | The pine is described as pleasing to the Mother of the Gods because Attis “put off the human form, and hardened into that trunk.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4263-4355 | high | Cyparissus continues lamenting, asks the gods to let him mourn forever, and changes as his blood is exhausted by weeping: his limbs turn green, his hair becomes a rough bush, and his form tapers upward. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4357-4418 | medium | The note describes ancient necklaces, bridal use among Greek and Roman females, amber from Phaëton’s transformed sisters, and necklaces used on horses and favorite animals. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4482 | high | Cyparissus is described as a youth from Carthaea in Cea, deemed a favorite of Apollo; his transformation into a cypress is linked to the resemblance between his name and the Greek name of the tree. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4482 | high | The fable states Jupiter is charmed by Ganymede, transforms into an eagle, carries him to Heaven, and makes him cup-bearer; the narration says Jupiter desires Ganymede, takes eagle form, carries off the youth of Ilium, and Ganymede serves nectar to Jove against Juno's will. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4485-4585 | medium | Because Ganymede was arrested in Jupiter's temple by order of a prince with an eagle ensign, a report arose that Jupiter carried him off in eagle form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4672-4753 | high | Venus, offended by wicked sacrifices in her cities and lands, considers punishing the inhuman race by exile, death, or changing their shape. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4756-4855 | medium | The Cerastæ of Cyprus are said to have been changed into bulls; the explanation links this to barbarous sacrifices, horn-like promontories, and the name Cerastis from the Greek word for horn. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4756-4855 | medium | The Propœtides of Cyprus are described as dissolute women; the explanation says poets told that they were transformed into rocks. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4858-4949 | high | Fable summary: Myrrha, daughter of Cinyras and Cenchris, loves her father incestuously, attempts hanging, is saved by her nurse, reveals her despair, obtains her desire by stratagem, is pursued by her father, bears Adonis, and becomes a tree. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5035-5125 | high | A divinity or gods fulfill the prayer: earth closes over her legs, roots form, bones become wood, blood becomes sap, arms become branches, fingers smaller branches, and skin bark. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH.; lines 504-600 | high | Nisus, lately made a tawny-winged sea eagle, tries to tear Scylla with his beak; she lets go, is supported by feathers, and is changed into the bird Ciris, named from cutting the lock. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5211-5307 | high | Myrrha retires into Arabia under execrations; the commentary explains Adonis' Arabian birth and Myrrha's tree transformation etiologically, and proposes a Phoenician Noah-Ham tradition as a possible foundation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5211-5307 | high | The fable synopsis states that Adonis is educated by Naiads, loved by Venus, warned about dangerous hunting, and that Venus recounts Atalanta and Hippomenes: oracle, fatal races, Venus' golden apples, victory, shrine defilement, and transformation into Cybele's lions. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5391-5474 | high | The couple pass a temple of the Mother of the Gods in a shady wood, rest nearby, enter a dim cave-like sacred recess containing wooden images, and defile the sanctuary; the images turn away their eyes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 | high | After profaning Jupiter's temple, Melanion and Atalanta are transformed into a lion and lioness; the explanation also notes variant names and identities for Atalanta in other writers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 | high | Cytherea hears Adonis's dying groans, descends, mourns by tearing garments and hair and striking her breast, complains of the Fates, and declares that yearly memorials of her sorrow and his death will remain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 | high | Cytherea hears Adonis's dying groans, descends, mourns by tearing garments and hair and striking her breast, complains of the Fates, and declares that yearly memorials of her sorrow and his death will remain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5715-5795 | medium | The fable summary states that Orpheus sings on Mount Rhodope; Thracian women kill him during Bacchic rites; his head and lyre reach Lesbos by water; a serpent is changed into stone; and the Bacchanals are transformed into trees. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5797-5875 | high | A matron sees wood growing over her legs; when she strikes her thigh she meets solid oak, and her breast, shoulders, and extended arms become oak or boughs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963 | medium | Ancient mythologists explain the serpent changed into stone for insulting Orpheus’ head as a malicious critic of Orpheus; Philostratus reports Orpheus’ head preserved in Apollo’s temple at Lesbos and giving an oracle from a cave. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963 | high | The transformation of Thracian women into trees for murdering Orpheus is explained as an allegory for punishment and being driven to live in woods and caverns. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963 | high | Midas restores Silenus to Bacchus; Bacchus offers him a favor, and Midas asks that whatever he touches with his body become yellow gold; Liber grants the hurtful favor and regrets that he did not ask for better. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH.; lines 602-632 | medium | Ciris is derived from a Greek word meaning to clip or cut; Virgil describes the transformation as a variegated bird, while the note also reports uncertainty over the bird type and Hyginus' fish identification. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6103-6154 | medium | Apollo does not allow Midas’s ears to remain human; he lengthens them, fills them with gray hairs, makes them movable, and gives him ass’s ears while the rest remains human. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6157-6253 | high | Apollo reaches Laomedon’s plains; with Neptune he assumes mortal form and builds Troy’s walls for the Phrygian king after a sum of gold is agreed for the defenses. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6256-6345 | high | The summary states that Proteus foretells Thetis will have a son stronger than his father; Jupiter, in love with Thetis, yields her to Peleus; Thetis changes shapes until Peleus holds her fast, marries her, and she bears Achilles. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6347-6418 | high | Proteus, speaking from the waves, tells Peleus that he will gain the desired alliance if he binds Thetis while she sleeps in a cool cave and holds her despite her many forms until she returns to her original form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6347-6418 | medium | Ceyx says a predatory bird was once a man named Daedalion, his brother; Ceyx loved peace while Daedalion delighted in war and subdued kings and nations. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 635-725 | high | The change of Scylla into a lark or partridge and of her father into a sea eagle is described as a poetic fiction based on equivocal meanings of their names. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6420-6505 | high | The father laments his daughter, repeatedly tries to enter her funeral pile, flees like a stung ox, and reaches the heights of Parnassus with a desire for death. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6420-6505 | medium | Apollo pities Dædalion as he would throw himself from a rock, transforms him into a hawk, and gives him wings, a curved beak, crooked claws, courage, and strength. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6507-6591 | medium | The wolf persists in furious slaughter, urged by blood, until she changes him into marble while he fastens on a mangled heifer’s neck. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6594-6687 | high | The passage says Thetis assumed various forms to avoid Peleus, and explains this as a way of saying she had several suitors, resisted Peleus, and used pretexts until he overcame the difficulties. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6594-6687 | medium | The wolf as minister of Psamathe's vengeance for Phocus is explained through Lycomedes, king of Scyros and Psamathe's brother, who avenged Phocus, warred against Ceyx, ravaged the country and Peleus's flocks, was pacified, and was rumored to become a rock after ravaging like a wild beast. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6594-6687 | medium | The synopsis of Fable VII says Ceyx goes to Claros to consult the oracle, is shipwrecked, Juno sends Iris to Sleep, Sleep sends Morpheus in a dream to Halcyone to announce Ceyx's death, Halcyone finds his body on the shore, and the gods transform both into kingfishers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6762-6840 | medium | Juno cannot endure prayers for one who is dead and commands Iris to go to Sleep and have him send Halcyone a vision in the form of dead Ceyx. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6842-6918 | high | Sleep raises Morpheus, one of his thousand sons, as the most skilled imitator of human gait, face, speech, dress, and habitual words. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6920-7009 | high | Halcyone leaps onto a man-made mole, flies with newly formed wings, skims the water as a bird, and touches Ceyx's bloodless body with wings and bill. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7108-7175 | high | Morpheus is linked to shape and assumes various shapes; Icelos is linked to likeness; Phobetor to fear and terrifying mortals; Phantasos to fancy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276 | high | After the deaths of Dædalion and Chione, Ceyx consults Apollo’s oracle at Claros and is shipwrecked on his return; Halcyone dies of grief or throws herself into the sea, and the pair are said to become birds identified with kingfishers and conjugal affection. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276 | high | The explanation reports Apollodorus’ less favorable version: the couple’s pride causes their destruction, and Jupiter changes Ceyx into a cormorant and Halcyone into a kingfisher because they assumed divine names. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276 | high | Æsacus hurls himself from a wave-worn rock into the sea; Tethys pities him, receives him softly, covers him with feathers, and prevents him from obtaining the death he seeks. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 728-812 | high | The fable summary states that Daedalus makes wings to escape Crete; Icarus flies too high, the Sun melts his wings, and he dies in the sea; Daedalus later throws Perdix from a tower, but Minerva saves and transforms him into a partridge. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7293-7322 | high | Ovid and Apollodorus agree that Æsacus was Priam's son and was changed into a didapper or diver, though they differ on other circumstances; Apollodorus names Priam and Arisbe, daughter of Merope, as his parents. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7325-7421 | medium | The serpent coils around green branches and becomes stone while retaining serpent form. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7423-7527 | high | When Achilles prepares to strip the vanquished foe, only armor remains; the God of the Ocean has changed Cygnus's body into a white bird, matching the name he bore. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7564-7646 | high | An oracle warns that the first Greek to land at Troy will be slain; Protesilaüs lands first and is killed by Hector. Cygnus is brave, said to be Neptune’s son and invulnerable, and his transformation into a swan is rationalized by name resemblance. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7564-7646 | medium | At a truce feast, Nestor recounts that Cænis, daughter of Elatus, was transformed by Neptune into an invulnerable man; at Pirithoüs’ wedding feast, Eurytus’ attempted assault on Hippodamia sparks a Centaur-Lapith battle, Cæneus is crushed under tree trunks, and Neptune changes his body into a bird. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7564-7646 | medium | At a truce feast, Nestor recounts that Cænis, daughter of Elatus, was transformed by Neptune into an invulnerable man; at Pirithoüs’ wedding feast, Eurytus’ attempted assault on Hippodamia sparks a Centaur-Lapith battle, Cæneus is crushed under tree trunks, and Neptune changes his body into a bird. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7648-7732 | high | Neptune offers Cænis any wish; she asks to be no longer a woman so that she will not suffer such a thing in the future, and her voice becomes hoarser, like a man's. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7964-8061 | medium | The event is doubtful: some say the body was hurled to Tartarus; Mopsus says he saw “a bird with tawny wings” and greets it as Cæneus, “once the greatest of men, but now the only bird.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7964-8061 | medium | A centaur taunts Cæneus as Cænis, says he was born a woman and should take up distaff and thread instead of war; Cæneus then pierces his side with a lance where man and horse join. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 814-896 | medium | The nephew invents a two-armed iron instrument for drawing a circle; Daedalus becomes envious, throws him from Minerva's sacred citadel, and falsely claims the fall was accidental. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 814-896 | medium | Pallas, favoring ingenuity, receives the falling boy and makes him a bird; his genius passes into wings and feet, his name remains, and the bird flies near the ground, nests or lays in hedges, and dreads high regions. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8159-8258 | high | Periclymenus, brother of Nestor, has transformative power from Neptune, changes into an eagle in combat with Hercules, and is shot by Hercules with an arrow during flight. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8260-8334 | high | Periclymenus, granted by Neptune the power to assume and discard any shape, finally takes the form of the bird that carries lightning in crooked talons. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452 | high | The note says the story relates how Periclymenus transformed himself into an eagle and was then killed by Hercules, possibly meaning he was put to flight and slain by an arrow. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452 | high | Neleus is described as son of Neptune, who assumed the form of the river Enipeus to deceive Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8860-8963 | high | Ulysses sails to retrieve the arrows, weapons of the Tirynthian hero; when they return with their owner, the long war ends, Troy and Priam fall, and Priam’s wife loses human form and barks. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 899-983 | medium | The fable summary states that Diana, offended by Oeneus' neglect, sends a boar; Meleager leads the chase, kills it, gives its head to Atalanta, kills his uncles over the trophy, dies when Althaea burns the fate-linked torch, and his sisters are changed into birds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9133-9233 | high | In the fable summary, the Greeks returning from Troy are stopped in Thrace by Achilles' shade, who asks for Polyxena's sacrifice; Hecuba fetches water for Polyxena's body and sees Polydorus' corpse. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9133-9233 | high | Hecuba goes to Polymnestor, tears out his eyes, and is transformed into a bitch; Memnon, slain by Achilles, is honored with a funeral, and Aurora's prayer leads Jupiter to transform his ashes into birds called Memnonides. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9323-9399 | medium | Hecuba bites at the stones, attempts speech but barks aloud, and is remembered as howling through the Sithonian plains. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9401-9443 | medium | Black embers fly together, take form, receive heat and life from the flames, gain wings, and become real birds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9446-9543 | high | Plautus and Servius say Greeks circulated the story of Hecuba’s transformation into a bitch because she constantly railed at them; Euripides instead represents her as chained to Agamemnon’s door like a dog. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9545-9638 | high | "And now chains were being provided for their captive arms. Lifting up towards heaven their arms still free, they said, 'Father Bacchus, give us thy aid!'" | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9677-9769 | high | During the siege of Troy, Greeks send Palamedes to Delos for food and take Anius's daughters as hostages; the daughters escape and are said to be transformed by Bacchus into doves. The note also mentions a story that they transformed everything they touched into wine, corn, and oil, and gives rationalizing explanations. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9677-9769 | high | Aeneas passes Ambracia, where Apollo, Diana, and Hercules contended; Cragaleus judged in favor of Hercules and Apollo transformed him into a rock. The note gives possible rationalized meanings for the transformation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9677-9769 | high | Antoninus Liberalis says Munychus had three sons and a daughter; when robbers set fire to their father's house, Jupiter transformed them into birds. The note says this was probably a poetic way of describing their unexpected escape from flames. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9771-9861 | high | Fable summary: Polyphemus, jealous of Acis who loves Galatea, kills him with a hurled rock; Acis’s blood becomes a river bearing his name. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9771-9861 | medium | Scylla is on the right and Charybdis on the left; Charybdis swallows and vomits ships, while Scylla has a maiden’s face and a stomach surrounded by fierce dogs. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 985-1065 | low | A catalogue lists many heroes present for the hunt, including the sons of Tyndarus, Jason, Theseus and Pirithoüs, Caeneus now no longer a woman, Telamon, Peleus, Nestor, and Atalanta. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X; lines 2581-2665 | medium | The flying horn has no single form and includes forms such as a winged man, a serpent with a swine's head, or a foot or arm. | record |
| Sufi | The Mystics of Islam | CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3474-3567 | high | Qadīb al-Bān changes appearance before the hostile Cadi of Mosul, becoming a Kurd, an Arab of the desert, and a doctor of theology; the cadi repents and becomes his disciple. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10110-10199 | high | The scouts find Circe's marble palace in a fertile valley; Circe is an enchantress, daughter of the sun-god and Perse; tame wolves and lions guarding the entrance are humans she transformed; she sings and weaves inside and invites the men to enter. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10394-10485 | medium | Athene hides Odysseus in a cloud, appears as a shepherd, tells him he is in Ithaca, reports on his family and the suitors, describes Penelope's weaving stratagem, and Odysseus kisses his native ground. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 1081-1171 | high | Zeus is described as also allied to mortal maidens, whom he visited under disguises because his true form would destroy mortals; Antiope, Leda, Europa, Callisto, Alcmene, Semele, Io, and Danae are listed. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 1081-1171 | high | Europa gathers flowers near the sea-shore; Zeus transforms into a gentle white bull, Europa mounts him, and he carries her across the sea to Crete. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY. / PRONOUNCING INDEX. / A COMPLETE COURSE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH. / NOTES; lines 11638-11773 | high | Demeter transforms Ascalaphus into an owl for revealing a secret. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 1173-1257 | high | Callisto, Artemis' huntress attendant, is approached by Zeus in Artemis' form; Hera changes her into a bear; Artemis hunts her; Zeus places her among the stars as Arctos after death. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 1259-1273 | medium | Zeus is not deceived; he reacts with horror and loathing, overturns the table, turns Lycaon into a wolf, and destroys all fifty sons by lightning except Nyctimus, saved by Gaea's intervention. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES. / JUPITER.; lines 1275-1294 | medium | Zeus visits mankind as a mortal or in disguises, whereas Jupiter remains the supreme god of heaven and never appears on earth. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1776-1867 | high | Stellio ridicules Demeter while she eats porridge during her search; she throws the remaining food in his face and changes him into a spotted lizard. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1869-1876 | high | Metra, Eresicthon's devoted daughter, has the power to transform herself into various animals. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CERES. / APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL).; lines 2071-2157 | medium | Phaethon's sisters mourn and are transformed into poplars whose tears become amber; Cycnus grieves and is transformed into a swan near the fatal waters. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2279-2363 | high | Apollo sees a ship from Crete, takes the shape of an enormous dolphin, agitates the waters, raises a wind, and drives the ship into Crissa harbor. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2365-2439 | medium | Apollo pursues Daphne; she flees, prays for aid, becomes a laurel-bush as Apollo reaches to embrace her, and Apollo declares the laurel evergreen and sacred to him. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CONTENTS. / MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME. / PART I.--MYTHS. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 305-397 | high | The gods are not limited by time or space, can become invisible, assume human or animal form, and transform human beings into trees, stones, animals, and other forms as punishment or protection. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 | high | Poseidon marries Amphitrite after wooing her as a dolphin; Amphitrite transforms Scylla with herbs in a well into a twelve-footed, six-headed monster with a dog-like voice, who lives in a high cave and seizes victims from passing ships. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 | medium | Poseidon marries Amphitrite after wooing her as a dolphin; Amphitrite transforms Scylla with herbs in a well into a twelve-footed, six-headed monster with a dog-like voice, who lives in a high cave and seizes victims from passing ships. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | SEA DIVINITIES. / OCEANUS. / NEREUS. / PROTEUS.; lines 3438-3467 | high | Proteus, known as the Old Man of the Sea, is a son of Poseidon, has prophetic power, and resists being consulted as a seer. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | OCEANUS. / NEREUS. / PROTEUS. / GLAUCUS.; lines 3469-3487 | medium | While angling, Glaucus sees caught fish nibble grass on the bank and leap back into the water; curious, he tastes the grass. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | NEREUS. / PROTEUS. / GLAUCUS. / THETIS.; lines 3489-3545 | high | Like Proteus, Thetis can transform herself into many shapes; when Peleus woos her she uses this to elude him, but he holds her until she takes her true form. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3746-3817 | high | Hermes tests Battus by pretending to leave, assuming the form of Admetus, and offering two oxen if Battus reveals the thief; Battus gives the information. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 3954-4041 | medium | Pentheus forbids Bacchanalian rites; Dionysus appears as a youth and warns him; Pentheus imprisons him and prepares execution, but prison doors open and his chains burst so he escapes. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 4043-4125 | high | Tyrrhenian pirates see Dionysus as a beautiful youth in radiant garments, seize and bind him, and take him aboard to sell in Asia. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE). / NEMESIS. / NYX (NOX). / THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS).; lines 4562-4601 | medium | In the cave’s centre, Hypnus rests on a black ebony couch with dark bedding, surrounded by innumerable dreams; Morpheus is chief among them and can assume any shape, while Hypnus succumbs to his own sleep-inducing power. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | NYX (NOX). / THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS). / MORPHEUS. / THE GORGONS.; lines 4616-4661 | high | Medusa loves Poseidon and is united to him in marriage; Athene punishes her by turning her hair into venomous snakes, changing her eyes, and altering her skin. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | HEBE (JUVENTAS). / JUVENTAS. / GANYMEDES. / THE MUSES.; lines 5052-5157 | medium | The daughters of King Pierus challenge the Muses on Mount Helicon; the mortal song darkens the sky, the Muses' song makes nature rejoice, and the defeated Pierides are transformed into singing birds. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES. / THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS).; lines 5499-5583 | high | Pan pursues Syrinx to the river Ladon; she prays for help and is transformed into a reed. Pan hears the reeds, cuts seven of unequal length, joins them, and makes the syrinx in memory of her. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | FLORA. / ROBIGUS. / POMONA. / VERTUMNUS.; lines 5827-5844 | high | A myth is summarized in which Vertumnus changes into several forms to win Pomona: ploughman for Spring, reaper for Summer, vine-gatherer for Autumn, gray-haired old woman for Winter, and finally his true form as a beautiful youth. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | POMONA. / VERTUMNUS. / PALES. / PICUS.; lines 5865-5878 | medium | A myth says Picus was a beautiful youth united to the nymph Canens; Circe desired him, he rejected her, and she changed him into a woodpecker, in which form he retained prophecy. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PALES. / PICUS. / PICUMNUS AND PILUMNUS. / SILVANUS.; lines 5880-5895 | medium | Silvanus is represented as a hale old man carrying a cypress tree; Roman mythology attributes Cyparissus's transformation into that tree to him. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CEREALIA. / VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS.; lines 6563-6631 | medium | Cadmus reigns happily for years, is deprived of his throne by his grandson Pentheus, retires with Harmonia to Illyria, and after death both are changed by Zeus into serpents and transferred to Elysium. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CRONUS (SATURN). / SATURN. / RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD.; lines 700-744 | high | Typhon or Typhoeus, youngest son of Tartarus and Gaea, has a hundred heads, terrifying eyes, and frightful voices; he seeks to conquer gods and men, terrifies the gods into fleeing to Egypt and transforming into animals, and is destroyed by Zeus's thunderbolt. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 7986-8074 | high | Heracles kills Cycnus, Ares comes to avenge him, Zeus intervenes with a thunderbolt, and Heracles later receives route guidance from the Nymphs and compels shapeshifting Nereus to reveal the way. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8170-8264 | high | Heracles woos Deianeira and fights Achelous, a river-god and rival suitor who changes forms; after Achelous becomes a bull, Heracles breaks off a horn and wins. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 986-1079 | medium | In some versions Zeus transforms Leto into a quail to evade Hera, and she resumes her true form at Delos. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10331-10442 | high | Because Sigurd has the Helmet of Dread and Grimhild has given Gunnar a potion, Sigurd and Gunnar exchange forms; Sigurd in Gunnar's likeness rides Greyfell through the flames to Brunhild's castle, and neither recognizes the other. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10667-10774 | medium | Gunnar is cast bound into a den of venomous snakes, plays a harp with his toes, lulls the reptiles except one, and is bitten by a snake said to be Atli's mother in that form. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 10939-11058 | medium | Thorsten encounters Jokul, who has killed the king of Sogn, banished Belé, seized the kingdom, and changed Ingeborg into the likeness of an old witch. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas / CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; lines 125-193 | high | The listed titles include “Torghatten,” “The Peaks of the Trolls,” “The Were-Wolves,” “A Hero’s Farewell,” “The Funeral Procession,” “Sigurd and Fafnir,” “Sigurd Finds Brunhild,” “Odin and Brunhild,” “Sigurd and Gunnar,” “The Death of Siegfried,” and “The End of Brunhild.” | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12761-12872 | high | Bragi and his harp are compared with Apollo or Orpheus; Od-hroerir with Helicon; Odin wears eagle plumes to carry away mead. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 | medium | Heimdall is compared with Argus for sight, with Renown's trumpet for Giallar-horn, and with Proteus for shapeshifting; he foils Loki's theft of Brisinga-men. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN; lines 1298-1437 | medium | The soul was believed to escape the body as a mouse from a corpse's mouth or from the mouths of people in trance; life returned when the soul came back. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN; lines 1298-1437 | medium | A vast swarm of rats, identified as the souls of the murdered peasants, pursues Bishop Hatto to a stone tower in the Rhine, gnaws through its walls, and devours him alive. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12980-13082 | high | Loki's punishment is further compared with Tityus and Enceladus; Loki is also compared with Neptune because he assumed equine form and parented Sleipnir. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 2123-2236 | high | Gefjon changes her four sons into oxen, harnesses them to a plough, cuts a wide and deep furrow, wrenches away a large piece of land, drags it into the sea, fastens it, and calls it Seeland. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 2362-2458 | medium | In Mecklenburg the goddess is called Frau Gode or Wode, associated with Wuotan/Odin, prosperity, hunting, the Wild Hunt, a white horse, and attendants changed into hounds and wild beasts. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2611-2730 | high | Thor finds Sif shorn, suspects Loki, pursues him despite shapechanging, seizes him, and releases him only after Loki promises new hair. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2733-2850 | high | Sindri puts more gold on the fire and leaves Brock to blow the bellows; Loki, disguised as a gadfly, stings Brock, but Brock continues until Sindri draws out the ring Draupnir, which produces eight rings every ninth night and is called an emblem of fertility. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3050-3168 | high | Loki borrows Freya's falcon plumes, flies to Jötun-heim, and learns that Thrym has buried the hammer and demands Freya as bride. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3050-3168 | high | Heimdall advises disguise; Thor wears Freya's clothes, necklace, and veil, while Loki dresses as a handmaiden, and they depart for Jötun-heim. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3171-3290 | high | Loki borrows Freya’s falcon-garb, flies to Geirrod’s house, plays at evading capture, and is finally caught. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI; lines 3819-3966 | high | Baugi finishes boring through the mountain; Odin verifies the hole, changes into a snake, and passes through while Baugi thrusts the auger after him to kill him. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 3991-4133 | medium | An eagle in a tree prevents the fire from cooking the meat, bargains for food, then takes too much; Loki strikes it with a stake, but the stake adheres to both, and Loki is dragged until he promises ransom. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 4135-4274 | high | Loki is threatened by the gods, promises to restore Idun, borrows Freya's falcon plumage, flies to Thrym-heim, finds Idun mourning exile from Asgard and Bragi, changes her into a nut or swallow, and carries her back. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA; lines 5126-5265 | high | Freya owns falcon plumes or a falcon garb that allows bird-like flight; Loki borrows it twice, and Freya uses it while searching for the missing Odur. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA; lines 5126-5265 | high | Ottar sacrifices to Freya for aid; she appears, changes him into a boar, and rides on his back to the dwelling of Hyndla, a renowned witch. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5479-5625 | high | Heimdall hears soft footsteps near Freya’s palace Folkvang and sees Loki, who entered as a fly and is trying to steal Freya’s golden necklace Brisinga-men, emblem of earth’s fruitfulness. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5627-5758 | high | Heimdall sees sleeping Freya; Loki mutters runes, changes into a flea, creeps under the bedclothes, and bites Freya so she shifts position without waking. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI; lines 6022-6149 | high | A middle-aged stranger in a wide cloak and broad-brimmed hat conceals that he has one eye, asks Billing’s trouble, and offers to command the Ruthene army. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6162-6289 | medium | The Norns care for two swans on the Urdar fountain; earthly swans descend from them. The Norns sometimes wear swan plumage to visit earth or appear by waters to foretell the future or advise mortals. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS; lines 6396-6536 | high | The Valkyrs fly to earth in swan plumage, remove it to bathe in secluded streams, and can be detained or forced to mate if a mortal secures the plumage. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 7085-7194 | high | Northern peoples also believed in mermen and mermaids; stories tell of mermaids who briefly remove swan plumage or seal-garments on the beach, allowing mortals who find them to compel the maidens to stay on land. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7475-7592 | high | Frigga, spinning in Fensalir, sees an old woman pass and asks about the gods’ laughter. The old woman is Loki in disguise and says the gods are throwing missiles at Balder, who stands smiling and unharmed. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7824-7975 | medium | Thok is found in a dark cave, refuses to shed a tear, and says: "Let Hel keep her prey." The passage notes that some mythologists suppose Thok to have been Loki in disguise. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8173-8286 | high | The parents pray to Odin; he changes the boy into a tiny grain of wheat and hides him in an ear of grain in a large field. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8288-8420 | high | Loki waits until nightfall, takes the form of a mare, and lures Svadilfare away into the forest until the building work cannot be completed. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8288-8420 | high | Loki, expecting the gods may bind or kill him, withdraws to the mountains, builds a hut with four doors, and plans to flee to the Fraananger cataract and change into a salmon. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8422-8532 | high | Loki makes a twine mesh; when Odin, Kvasir, and Thor appear, he throws the unfinished net into the fire and hides in the waterfall as a salmon among stones. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8535-8655 | medium | Royal dynasties claim mythical descent; the Merovingians claim a sea giant in ox form as progenitor, who compels a queen to be his wife and fathers Meroveus. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039 | high | Troll women could change into Maras or nightmares and torment anyone they chose. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9430-9545 | medium | Signy recalls a divine twin-born precedent in verse, summons a young witch, exchanges forms with her, goes disguised to Sigmund’s hut for three days, returns to the palace and her own form, and later bears a son showing signs of a true Volsung hero. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9430-9545 | high | Sigmund teaches Sinfiotli warrior knowledge. In a forest hut they find two sleeping men and two wolf-skins, understood as belonging to werewolves under a spell; they put on the skins and rush through the forest in wolf guise, killing and devouring. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9430-9545 | high | Fearing further harm, Sigmund and Sinfiotli wait until the ninth night, when the wolf-skins drop off; they throw the skins into the fire, the skins are consumed, and the spell is broken forever. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9862-9984 | high | Odin, Hoenir, and Loki travel in human guise; Loki sees an otter basking in the sun, identified as Hreidmar's son Otter, kills him, and carries the body as food. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9862-9984 | medium | Hreidmar releases Loki to fetch treasure from Andvari, who dwells by a mighty waterfall and stores treasure in a stone house. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 1038-1133 | high | Minerva takes Telemachus's shape, summons crewmen to meet at the ship by sundown, and asks Noemon son of Phronius for a ship, which he gives readily. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10624-10722 | high | Medon and Phemius come from Ulysses’ house; Medon tells the Ithacans that Ulysses acted with heaven’s will and that he saw an immortal god in Mentor’s form aiding him against the suitors. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10724-10815 | medium | Minerva comes to them, having assumed the form and voice of Mentor. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK I / BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.; lines 1424-1514 | high | Minerva flies away as an eagle; Nestor marvels, recognizes Jove's daughter, prays for favor upon himself and household, and vows an unyoked heifer with gilded horns. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1849-1948 | high | Idothea instructs the speaker to seize Proteus after he counts the seals and sleeps, hold him through transformations into creatures, fire, and water, and question him when he returns to his original form. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 2041-2133 | medium | Noemon says he lent the ship because he could not refuse Telemachus, that the best young men went with him, and that he saw Mentor go aboard as captain, or some god exactly like him. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 2241-2286 | medium | Minerva makes a vision in the likeness of Iphthime, sends it to Ulysses’ house, and it enters Penelope’s room through the door thong-hole, hovering over her head. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK IV / BOOK V / BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES.; lines 2694-2792 | high | Minerva enters Nausicaa's decorated bedroom, where Nausicaa and two maid servants sleep; she takes the form of Dymas's daughter and speaks by Nausicaa's bedside. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.; lines 2992-3088 | high | Ulysses goes toward town; Minerva surrounds him with thick mist and appears as a little girl carrying a pitcher; Ulysses asks for Alcinous' house. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3398-3494 | medium | Ulysses throws a larger and heavier discus beyond all prior marks; the Phaeacians react fearfully to its flight; Minerva in the form of a man marks the spot and says no Phaeacian can approach the throw. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I; lines 390-492 | medium | Minerva binds on golden sandals, takes a bronze-shod spear, descends from Olympus to Ithaca, and stands at Ulysses' gateway disguised as Mentes, chief of the Taphians. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4399-4490 | medium | The survivors sail to the Aeaean island where Circe lives; she is a great and cunning goddess, sister of Aeetes, both children of the sun by Perse, daughter of Oceanus. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4492-4586 | medium | Circe invites the companions inside, seats them, gives them a drugged mixture of cheese, honey, meal, and Pramnian wine, strikes them with her wand, turns them into pigs while their minds remain intact, confines them, and feeds them pig food. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4588-4678 | high | Circe goes with her wand, opens the pigsty, and the men come out as hogs; she anoints each with a second drug, their bristles fall away, and they become men again, younger, taller, and better looking. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I; lines 494-587 | medium | Telemachus sees Minerva while brooding among the suitors, goes to the gate, takes her hand and spear, welcomes her, and offers food before questions. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4969-5068 | high | Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus and wife of Cretheus, loves the river Enipeus; Neptune disguises himself as her lover, meets her at the river mouth beneath a great blue wave, reveals himself, foretells twins, and orders secrecy. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN. / BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.; lines 5819-5919 | high | Ulysses wakes on his own soil but does not know it; Minerva has made a foggy day to conceal his arrival and instruct him before recognition and revenge; the landscape appears changed to him. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN. / BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.; lines 5921-5999 | high | Minerva smiles, caresses Ulysses, takes the form of a fair, stately, wise woman, and says only an exceptionally shifty liar could surpass him; she says both of them can deceive when needed. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN. / BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.; lines 6001-6093 | high | Minerva promises to stay attentive, predicts bloodshed among those consuming Ulysses' substance, and says she will disguise him so no human being will know him. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.; lines 7124-7222 | medium | Minerva touches Ulysses with her golden wand, gives him a clean shirt and cloak, makes him younger and more imposing, restores his color, fills his cheeks, and darkens his beard. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.; lines 7321-7414 | high | Eumaeus returns to Ulysses and Telemachus as they prepare supper after sacrificing a young pig; Minerva turns Ulysses into an old man with a stroke of her wand and clothes him in old garments so the swineherd will not recognize him or tell Penelope. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII; lines 7820-7923 | high | The suitors warn that gods may be disguised as foreigners and travel the world to see who acts wrongly or righteously. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX; lines 8864-8959 | medium | Minerva comes down from heaven in the likeness of a woman, hovers over Ulysses, and tells him that he is in his own house and that his wife and son are safe inside. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 938-1036 | high | “Minerva came close up to him in the likeness and with the voice of Mentor.” | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XIX / BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII; lines 9709-9805 | high | Jove's daughter Minerva comes to them after assuming Mentor's voice and form; Ulysses is glad and feels sure it is Minerva. | record |
| Greek | Phaedrus | PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 2636-2763 | high | Socrates tells that grasshoppers were once humans before the Muses; when song appeared they were delighted, sang continually, forgot food and drink, and died. | record |
| Sufi | Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXIX; lines 3892-3989 | medium | Zohra is identified as Venus, musician of the heavens, and protector of musicians and singers; the note says Muslims borrowed and adapted Magian legends concerning her. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto CXII. The Sandals. / Canto CXIX. The Forest.; lines 26143-26234 | high | The saints warn that fierce monsters around the distant forest feed on human blood and flesh, assume various forms, attack holy saints, and should be chased or destroyed by Ráma. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXII. The Sandals. / Canto CXIX. The Forest. / BOOK III. / Canto I. The Hermitage.; lines 26575-26704 | medium | The prostrate giant recognizes Rāma, names the Maithil dame and Lakṣmaṇ, says he was Tumburu, and explains that Kuvera cursed him until Rāma destroys him, after which he will regain his proper shape and heaven. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | BOOK III. / Canto I. The Hermitage. / Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage.; lines 27358-27417 | high | “Fiends of the wood, who wear at will / Each varied shape, afflict us still. / To thee in our distress we fly: / O help us, Ráma, or we die.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto I. The Hermitage. / Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya.; lines 27563-27702 | high | The demon brothers Vátápi and Ilval killed Bráhmans: Ilval wore a Bráhman form and spoke Sanskrit, while Vátápi was served in ram form and then emerged from the priests’ bodies when called. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | The Ramayan of Valmiki / CONTENTS; lines 278-475 | medium | Titles list Rávan, Rávan roused, Súrpanakhá’s speeches, Rávan’s journey and speech, Márícha’s speeches and reply, Márícha transformed, the wondrous deer, Márícha’s death, Lakshman’s departure, the guest, Rávan’s wooing and speech, the rape of Sítá, Jatáyus, the combat, Rávan’s flight, Lanká, Sítá in prison, Sítá’s disdain, and Sítá comforted. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter.; lines 28531-28684 | high | Surpanakha says she is of giant race, can wear any form she wishes, names herself, and names Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana, Dushana, and Khara in describing her kin. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 28814-28991 | medium | Khara sees his blood-stained sister, asks who mutilated her, compares provoking her to provoking a black snake, mentions her power to use each shape, and vows to kill the offender. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar.; lines 3020-3153 | medium | After Vishṇu goes to earth to take birth, the self-existent Lord commands the gods to make powerful helpers for him, capable of changing form and aiding him in war. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30274-30458 | high | Gods and celestial hosts praise Rama, beat drums, shower flowers, and state that the shape-changing fiend host, Triśirás, Dúshaṇ, and Khara were slain by Rama’s arrows in about three hours. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31149-31260 | high | “In semblance of a golden deer / Adorned with silver spots appear.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31514-31632 | high | Márícha says he and two mighty fiends assumed deer forms in Daṇḍak wood; he describes horns, flaming tongue, and pointed teeth. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar.; lines 3155-3293 | high | The gods create thousands of unmatched mighty beings in monkey forms that change at will, eager to kill the fiend; the multitude includes monkey, bear, and highland ape hosts. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31634-31744 | high | “In semblance of a golden deer / Adorned with silver drops, appear” near the cottage of Ráma and his consort. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31747-31890 | medium | “Attract the lady with thy shape... And I, when she has no defence, / Will seize the dame and bear her thence.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31892-31975 | high | “Thus Rávaṇ spoke, Márícha heard / Obedient to his master’s word, / Threw off his giant shape and near / The cottage strayed a beauteous deer.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 31978-32077 | high | Lakshmaṇ warns that the wondrous deer may be the fiend Márícha, who uses magic guile and deer form; he says earlier kings were slain by similar deceit and that no natural deer has such gold and jewel-like beauty. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 32079-32195 | medium | Rama tells Lakshman that Sita's breast is possessed by eager longing and that the wondrous deer must be won for its beauty. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 32198-32342 | high | The antlered deer flees, turns, appears, disappears, and in Maricha’s magical disguise draws Rama far from his cot. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 32198-32342 | high | Rama shoots the deer with a Brahma-framed arrow; it strikes Maricha’s heart, and he casts off the deer form, resumes giant shape, and dies. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32481-32639 | high | Rāvaṇ sees the time as favorable for his crime and comes as a mendicant before Sītā, wearing red garb, tufted hair, sandals, shade, staff, and water-vessel while Rāma and Lakshmaṇ are absent. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32642-32762 | low | “As, clad in mendicant’s disguise, / He questioned thus his destined prize,” and Sítá sees him as a seeming saintly man. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32934-33108 | high | Rávaṇ boasts of standing in air, upheaving land, drinking the ocean dry, defying Death, piercing the sun, cleaving earth, and wearing any form he wills. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 34188-34368 | high | After Rama’s arrow strikes the giant in the seeming buck, he turns back toward home, eager to see Sita. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 34370-34493 | high | “That semblance of a golden deer / Allured me far away” and after Ráma’s arrow struck it, “The giant met my view.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 34496-34610 | high | Rama says his arrow killed the treacherous giant who lured him from the hermitage; the giant cast away a borrowed form and cried in Rama's own voice, causing Lakshman to fly to Rama's rescue. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 35230-35390 | high | Ráma traces a giant-like foot and says his hatred grows against giants who change forms by magic; he says Sítá has been slain, eaten, or stolen and hurried away. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 35564-35737 | low | Rama says the signs suggest Sita was the vulture's prey or that a demon in bird disguise is present, and threatens to pierce the creature with arrows. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36000-36166 | medium | Kabandha says that formerly he wore a shape beyond thought, with fame for beauty, might, and valor through the three worlds, but later took a terrifying form that frightened forest saints. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36168-36290 | low | “Let Ráma cleave thine arms away / And on the pyre thy body lay,” after which Danu will regain his fair shape. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36293-36417 | medium | Kabandha says Sugrīva will help Rāma search for Sītā; he urges Rāma to go at once, make Sugrīva his friend, and form a solemn alliance before the attesting flame; Sugrīva is said to wear all shapes and help those who seek aid. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3650-3817 | high | The sage says a holy rite occupies him, and two form-changing fiends repeatedly ruin it near completion by throwing bleeding flesh and pouring gore over the altar. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37467-37606 | medium | "Had laid his Vánar form apart, / And wore ... / A wandering mendicant's disguise." | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37784-37809 | medium | Hanuman the wise casts off his mendicant disguise and resumes his Vanar form; he is described as son of the god of wind and storm. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi.; lines 38645-38760 | medium | The demon goes to Kishkindhá in the semblance of a horned bull; at the gate he bellows, shakes the ground, rends the earth, and throws down nearby trees. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy.; lines 41959-42084 | high | Tárá reports that Sugríva has ordered his lords; a countless host has gathered from many hills, led by chiefs who can assume varied forms. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4218-4397 | high | Táḍaká appears as an ill-loving, shape-changing spirit of enormous strength, wife of Sunda and mother of Márícha. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy. / Canto XXXVII. The Gathering.; lines 42369-42475 | high | “The bright Gandharvas’ brood, the seed / Of Gods, they change their shapes at need.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXVII. The Gathering. / Canto XL. The Army Of The East. / Canto XLI. The Army Of The South. / Canto XLII. The Army Of The West.; lines 42922-43030 | high | At Somagiri, where Sindhu meets the sea, winged lions roam and carry elephants and sea monsters; the Vanars are told to scour the hill and are described as changing forms at will. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4399-4524 | high | Táḍaká rushes at Ráma with huge arms raised; the seer urges the princes to fight; she raises dust and attacks with a magical shower of stones. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787); lines 44748-44920 | high | Gods, saints, and heavenly bards ask Surasá, mother of the Nágas, to take a terrifying Rákshas form, impede Hanumán’s course, and test his power and strength. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787); lines 44922-45050 | high | A godlike dame appears from the middle of the sea in a terrifying form and says the Vanar is to be her food by heaven’s decree, citing a boon from Brahma. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787); lines 45053-45133 | high | The Vánar asks how he can enter and escape amid guards and spies, says he must steal within by night in a deceptive shape, blind the demons' eyes, and meet the captive queen unseen by the fierce king. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. The Banquet Hall. / Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove.; lines 46295-46429 | medium | Sítá says that on a former day she was carried away by Rávaṇ, who can assume forms at will, and left as a helpless captive under demonic threats. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy.; lines 46658-46840 | medium | Sita rejoices at Hanuman's words, then fears the story may be false and that Ravana may be trying to mock her in a new magical disguise; she asks the supposed messenger to repeat Rama's glories. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy.; lines 46843-47020 | medium | Hanuman rises before Sita in his native size, like Mandar or Meru and surrounded by a blaze of light, and urges her to trust his strength. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy. / Canto XLI. The Ruin Of The Grove. / Canto XLII. The Giants Roused.; lines 47127-47225 | high | Sita says she cannot discern fiends who change forms at will, adds that a serpent knows a serpent's feet, and says the sight has frightened her. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha. / Canto LIII. The Punishment.; lines 47737-47909 | medium | The demons wrap Hanuman's tail with cotton strips, soak them in oil, ignite it, rejoice at the blaze, and lead him through Lanka's streets while crying that he is a spy; his form grows vast as they bind him. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LVIII. The Feast Of Honey. / Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March.; lines 48748-48929 | medium | A speaker proposes that thousands of Rākshasas take youthful human forms, say Bharat has sent an army to aid Rāma, and then attack the Vānar host with weapons, steel, and stones. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49613-49779 | high | Vibhishaṇ reports Rāvaṇ's boon, Kumbhakarṇa's might, Prahasta's strength, Indrajit's invulnerability in arms, and ten million shape-changing flesh-eating giants in Laṅkā. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50370-50519 | medium | Rávaṇ, angered after Ráma's host crosses the sea, orders Śuka and Sáraṇ to learn the enemy's numbers, captains, bridge-maker, crossing, Ráma's weapons, advisers, and Lakshmaṇ. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains.; lines 50650-50821 | high | Śuka addresses Rávaṇ and describes Vánar chiefs from Kishkindhá as huge, tree- and mountain-like, loyal to Sugríva, of divine and Gandharva seed, and able to take forms suited to their needs. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head. / Canto XXXVII. Preparations.; lines 51419-51500 | high | “let no Vánar in the storm / Disguise him in a human form” and “Retain your Vánar semblance still.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579 | high | The shaft-forms that bound the princes vanish into the ground. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52910-53064 | high | Hanumān regains life and strength. Nīla hurls a mountain peak and uprooted trees; Rāvaṇ cuts them down. Nīla condenses his form and leaps onto Rāvaṇ’s standard, bow, and golden crown. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57608-57690 | high | Kaikasī urges Rāvaṇa to become like Kuvera; Rāvaṇa performs austerities at Gokarṇa, casts his head into fire repeatedly, asks Brahmā for immortality, and receives instead protection from powerful non-human creatures, restored heads, and shapeshifting power. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57691-57754 | high | Rāvaṇa interrupts Marutta's sacrifice; gods take animal shapes to escape—Indra as peacock, Yama as crow, Kuvera as lizard, Varuṇa as swan—and give boons explaining animal traits and funerary associations. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES.; lines 58112-58192 | medium | The note says Vishṇu may become tortoise, boar, or fish; avatárs can recur at catastrophes of nature or humanity and have transitory effects. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59144-59296 | medium | To save the object sought by the rite, the sacrifice speeds away like a deer, flees skyward, and is pursued by Rudras who strike off its head. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59390-59483 | high | The note says Marutas form Indra’s army while red-haired monkeys and bears form Ráma’s; it calls the monkey king solar, Bálin son of Indra, and Sugríva a shape-changer and child of the sun. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59485-59576 | high | The epic monkeys are compared to the Marutas and described as swift as wind, shape-changing, thunderous, battling, hurling mountain peaks, shaking uprooted trees, stirring waters, and more; Balin emerges from a cavern like the sun from a cloud. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59578-59724 | medium | The Bengal recension has “these silvans in the forms of monkeys”; Gorresio interprets Rāma’s monkey hosts as wild-looking inhabitants of mountainous and southern India. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 60016-60062 | high | The passage says tradition transformed the race into giants and represented it as monstrous, hideous, truculent, shapeshifting, blood-thirsty, and ravenous. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit.; lines 6134-6289 | high | The gods and bards fly in terror to Vishnu, called the slayer of Madhu, asking him to ward off their fate and bear up Mandar's threatening weight. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 63192-63299 | medium | Satyavatí's patronymic Kauśikí is preserved by the river into which she is said to have been changed; the river flows from the Himalaya toward the Ganges. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 63192-63299 | medium | Purushádak means cannibal; Kalmáshapáda is said to have been turned into a cannibal for killing the son of Vaśishṭha. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit. / Canto XLVII. Sumati.; lines 6396-6572 | high | Viśvāmitra says the grove was Gautam’s hermitage; when Gautam was away, Indra saw Ahalyā, assumed the sage’s form, wooed her, and she recognized him but yielded. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 64183-64293 | high | Hanuman, Sugriva’s chief general, is identified as son of the God of Wind. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64710-64863 | medium | A figure is called the Indian Hephaistos or Vulcan; Panchajan is a demon who lived in the sea in the form of a conch shell. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65001-65150 | medium | The note discusses supernatural beings as having powers of infinite self-extension and compression, comparing Valmiki and Milton. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65152-65262 | high | Rávaṇ can assume a lovely form pleasing to human eyes and a terrific shape suited to the king of the Rákshases. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65264-65393 | high | Hanuman condensed himself to the size of a cat when entering the city in order to escape observation. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65549-65703 | high | Nila is said to be the son of Agni and to possess, like Milton’s demons, the power of dilating and condensing his form at will. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LIV. The Battle. / Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt. / Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed.; lines 7468-7567 | medium | “Be to a vile Chaṇḍála turned!” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed. / Canto LIX. The Sons Of Vasishtha. / Canto LXI. Sunahsepha.; lines 7984-8153 | medium | Rambhā fears the sage’s wrath, but Indra commands her to obey, promising to aid her in koïl form with Kandarpa and to use her beauty to seduce Viśvāmitra from his rites. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 11459-11608 | medium | A second principle is introduced by asking whether God is a magician changing into many forms or deceiving by semblances, or is immutably fixed in his own image. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 11610-11780 | medium | The speaker rejects poets saying that “The gods, taking the disguise of strangers from other lands, walk up and down cities in all sorts of forms.” | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1336-1415 | high | The second principle is that God has no variability or change of form. The passage rejects tales of Here as a priestess and deities in strange disguises at night. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21563-21745 | high | A tale of the Arcadian temple of Lycaean Zeus says that one who tastes a human victim's entrails mixed with other victims' entrails is destined to become a wolf. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 22824-22996 | high | The first modeled form is a multitudinous many-headed monster with a ring of tame and wild animal heads, able to generate and metamorphose them at will. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24483-24572 | medium | The souls of Orpheus, Thamyras, Ajax, and Agamemnon choose the lives of a swan, nightingale, lion, and eagle respectively, with prior resentments and sufferings affecting their choices. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4623-4685 | high | The people nurse a protector into greatness; from this root the tree of tyranny springs. The Lycaean fable says tasting human flesh among victims turns one into a wolf, and the protector who tastes human blood becomes a wolf, that is, a tyrant. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5775-5855 | high | The souls of Orpheus, Thamyras, Ajax, and Agamemnon choose or enter forms of swan, nightingale, lion, and eagle. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | XLII. / XLIII. / XLIV. / XLVIII.; lines 3226-3404 | high | LI describes a secret Presence moving quicksilver-like through creation, taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi while remaining; C. 72 describes a Moon skilled in metamorphosis, sometimes animal and sometimes vegetable, retaining essence. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11059-11169 | medium | Cuchulain leaps a third time with wind, swallow, dragon, and lion imagery; after Ferdiad shakes him off, Cuchulain’s first twisting-fit swells and inflates him into a dreadful, many-coloured, bow-like form towering over Ferdiad like a giant or sea-man. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK; lines 1469-1620 | medium | Fedelm describes the young warrior as noble, respectful to womankind, dragon-formed in fight, identifies him as the Hound of Culann, and says the host will be smitten red by him. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII / XXVIII; lines 15902-16112 | high | Badb is described as the war-fury or goddess of war and carnage, appearing in carrion-crow form, and as sometimes sister to or identified with the Morrigan. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 1954-2107 | medium | At Mag Trega, Dubthach recites a stave foretelling war against Medb’s Whitehorned, Cuchulain’s coming, ravens drinking blood, and scattered corpses; notes explain the blood-kenning and the bulls’ origin as reincarnated divine swineherds. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4325-4466 | high | The Crutti Cainbili, harpers from Ess Ruaid, come to amuse Ailill and Medb; the host thinks they are spies and pursues them until they escape in deer shapes near Lia Mor; they are described as druids with augury and magic. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4468-4620 | medium | "the Morrigan, daughter of Ernmas, the prophetess of the fairy-folk, came in the form of a bird" and perched on a standing-stone in Temair of Cualnge. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6556-6677 | medium | Ailill says they cannot pass Cuchulain by force after his flame of valour has risen; the text describes his contorted body, thorn-sharp bloody hair, inability to recognize friends, and the Connacht name Riastartha, 'the Contorted One.' | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 7268-7407 | high | The woman threatens to come against Cuchulain as an eel beneath his feet, a grey she-wolf driving cattle, and a hornless red heifer; Cuchulain answers with threats to break her ribs, eye, and leg until his blessing comes upon her. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 7547-7696 | high | The Morrigan daughter of Aed Ernmas comes from the fairy dwellings to destroy Cuchulain, as she had threatened before; she appears as a white, hornless, red-eared heifer with fifty heifers and silvered bronze chains, bursts upon the pools and fords, and Cuchulain says he cannot see the fords for the waters. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 7698-7840 | high | Cuchulain rises and strikes the eel on the head with his left heel, breaking its ribs and damaging its head and brains. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 8046-8157 | high | Cuchulain is weary and thirsty; the Morrigan comes from the fairy dwellings disguised as an injured old hag, milking a tawny three-teated cow, seeking redress because Cuchulain's wounded do not recover unless he aids the healing. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8457-8532 | medium | Cuchulain’s first twisting-fit and rage occurs, making a terrible, many-shaped, unheard-of thing of himself; his flesh trembles and his body whirls within his hide. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8651-8786 | medium | Early the next morning Cuchulain comes to observe the host and display his beautiful form, since he considered the wild magical shape shown the night before unbecoming. | record |