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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Norse | The Poetic Edda | NOTES / ALVISSMOL / THE BALLAD OF ALVIS / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 7663-7805 | medium | Thor remarks that he has never seen more “wealth of wisdom” in one breast, but says he must betray Alvis with treacherous wiles; he declares that day has caught the dwarf and notes that the sun shines in the hall. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1061-1147 | medium | The Trojans encircle and cut down Androgeus' group; Coroebus proposes exchanging shields and wearing Greek suits, then puts on Androgeus' helmet, shield, and Argive sword, and others do likewise. | 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 | BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7629-7688 | medium | The Ligurian son of Aunus devises a treacherous challenge for Camilla to fight on foot; she dismounts, and he immediately flees on horseback. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 798-896 | high | The Greek captains build a huge horse from fir by Pallas' craft, spread a rumor that it is vowed for return, and hide selected armed men in its hollow interior. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 798-896 | high | Dardanian shepherds bring a bound man before the king; Aeneas says the man intended to lay Troy open to the Achaeans and was ready either to spin snares or meet death. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 898-978 | high | Sinon pleads by heavenly powers and asks pity as an undeserving sufferer, saying he has lost hope of seeing home, children, and father. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG / THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER / THE MICE IN COUNCIL / THE BAT AND THE WEASELS; lines 1032-1046 | medium | The Weasel says he cannot release the bat because he is "an enemy of all birds on principle." | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MICE IN COUNCIL / THE BAT AND THE WEASELS / THE DOG AND THE SOW / THE FOX AND THE CROW; lines 1049-1070 | medium | A Crow sits on a branch of a tree with cheese in her beak; a Fox sees her and plans how to get the cheese. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HORSE AND THE GROOM / THE WOLF AND THE LAMB / THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE / THE CAT AND THE BIRDS; lines 1100-1120 | high | A Cat hears that Birds in an aviary are ailing. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE / THE CAT AND THE BIRDS / THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW / THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR; lines 1138-1159 | medium | The old woman is nearly blind from eye disease and agrees before witnesses to pay a high fee if the doctor cures her, with no payment if he fails. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR / THE MOON AND HER MOTHER / MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN / THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION; lines 1202-1219 | medium | The Fox whispers to the Lion: "I'll manage that you shall get hold of the Ass ... if you'll promise to let me go free." | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS / THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS / THE FOX AND THE STORK; lines 1342-1353 | medium | “A Fox invited a Stork to dinner,” where the only fare is “a large flat dish of soup.” | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS / THE FOX AND THE STORK / THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING; lines 1356-1366 | medium | The wolf resolves to disguise himself to prey on sheep undetected; he clothes himself in a sheepskin and slips among the sheep at pasture. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG / THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE / THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN / THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX; lines 1484-1507 | high | At daybreak the Cock crows; a Fox hears him and wants to make a breakfast of him. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB / THE BOY AND THE SNAILS / THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS / THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS; lines 1671-1689 | medium | The master buys more salt; at the stream, the ass lies down and again rises with a lighter load. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS / THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS / THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF / THE FOX AND THE GOAT; lines 1709-1730 | medium | A Fox is unable to get out of a well; a thirsty Goat comes by and asks whether the water is good. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW / THE FARMER AND HIS SONS / THE DOG AND THE COOK / THE MONKEY AS KING; lines 1823-1836 | medium | The Fox is disgusted by the Monkey's promotion, finds a trap with meat in it, takes the Monkey there, and presents the meat as a morsel reserved for the King. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE LAMP / THE OWL AND THE BIRDS / THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN / THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS; lines 1931-1952 | medium | An ass finds a lion's skin and dresses himself in it. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK / THE BOY AND THE NETTLES / THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE / THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS; lines 2059-2072 | medium | A jackdaw watches well-fed pigeons in a farmyard, envies them, and decides to disguise himself to share their food. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE / THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP / THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL / THE VAIN JACKDAW; lines 2249-2266 | medium | The Jackdaw, believing his ugly plumage will prevent his selection, waits until the others leave, picks up gaudy dropped feathers, and fastens them to his body. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE LION AND THE ASS / THE PROPHET / THE HOUND AND THE HARE / THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX; lines 2941-2963 | medium | A fox jokes that he has seen a lion afraid of a mouse; the lion testily denies fear and says the mouse's bad manners are what he cannot stand. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX / THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER / THE WOLF AND THE CRANE / THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW; lines 2991-3013 | medium | The Cat, described as cunning, tells the Eagle that the Sow intends to uproot the tree and devour the Eagle's and Cat's families. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD / THE FARMER AND THE STORK / THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER / THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE OWL; lines 3295-3312 | medium | The owl decides to use a trick, praises the grasshopper's song as like Apollo's lyre, says she has nectar from Minerva, and invites him to join her. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION / THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS / THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY / THE ASS AND THE WOLF; lines 3426-3441 | medium | The Ass pretends to be very lame and hobbles painfully. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTOR / THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE / THE FLEA AND THE OX / THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT; lines 3504-3515 | medium | The Bat does not definitely choose a party; he joins the Birds when their side prospers and the Beasts when they gain the upper hand. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE STAG AND THE VINE / THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF / THE ARCHER AND THE LION / THE WOLF AND THE GOAT; lines 3649-3658 | medium | A Wolf sees a Goat browsing on scanty herbage at the top of a steep rock and is unable to get at her. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BAT / THE ASS AND HIS PURCHASER / THE KID AND THE WOLF / THE DEBTOR AND HIS SOW; lines 3889-3904 | medium | The debtor takes his only sow to market to sell; the creditor is present; a buyer asks whether the sow produces good litters. | 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 | medium | The thief sits beside the innkeeper, talks with him, then yawns and howls like a wolf; the innkeeper asks what is wrong. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE ANT / THE FROGS AND THE WELL / THE CRAB AND THE FOX / THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER; lines 4091-4117 | medium | A fox hears the grasshopper and thinks she would make a dainty morsel. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE FROGS AND THE WELL / THE CRAB AND THE FOX / THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER / THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS; lines 4120-4139 | medium | When the farmer asks for the sling, the starlings understand and warn the rooks; the farmer decides to say “humph” instead of “sling” and tells the boy to hand him the sling quickly. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE BEE-KEEPER / THE WOLF AND THE HORSE / THE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULL / THE DOG AND THE WOLF; lines 4373-4389 | medium | The dog begs for his life and says he is thin and would make a poor meal at present. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE DOG AND THE WOLF / THE WASP AND THE SNAKE / THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE / THE FOWLER AND THE LARK; lines 4429-4440 | medium | “I am engaged in founding a city,” said he, and then withdrew and concealed himself nearby. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WEASEL AND THE MAN / THE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OX / DEMADES AND HIS FABLE / THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN; lines 4496-4514 | medium | A Dolphin sees the Monkey, supposes him to be a man, takes him on his back, and swims toward shore. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW / THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLF / MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT / THE WILY LION; lines 4663-4678 | medium | The lion does not dare attack because he fears the bull's sharp horns. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW / THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLF / MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT / THE WILY LION; lines 4663-4678 | medium | The lion does not dare attack because he fears the bull's sharp horns. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WILY LION / THE PARROT AND THE CAT / THE STAG AND THE LION / THE IMPOSTOR; lines 4698-4726 | medium | Having no ox, the man makes one hundred small oxen from tallow and offers them on an altar. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE GNAT AND THE LION / THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS / THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS; lines 4831-4844 | medium | While the butcher's back is turned, one man snatches a joint and puts it under the other's cloak where it cannot be seen. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA / THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION; lines 4863-4875 | medium | The fox tries to steal a lamb from a flock, but the shepherd sees him and sets dogs on him. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | HERCULES AND MINERVA / THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION / THE QUACK DOCTOR / THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX; lines 4902-4921 | medium | The Wolf, seeking to settle old scores, tells the Lion that the Fox has not visited and does not care whether the Lion is well or ill. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HORSE AND THE STAG / THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE / THE FOX AND THE SNAKE / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG; lines 5083-5122 | medium | The Lion lies sick in his den, asks his friend the Fox to lure the big Stag from the wood, and says he wants the Stag's heart and brains for dinner. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HORSE AND THE STAG / THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE / THE FOX AND THE SNAKE / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG; lines 5083-5122 | medium | The Stag is persuaded to return; the Lion overpowers him and feasts on the carcass while the Fox secretly steals the brains. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE RUNAWAY SLAVE / THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN / THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE / THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE; lines 5195-5207 | medium | A rogue wagers that he can prove the Oracle at Delphi untrustworthy by procuring a false reply. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER / PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN / THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW / THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN; lines 5305-5317 | medium | The hunter meets a man on horseback, who observes the catch and offers to buy it. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE HORSE AND THE ASS / THE FOX AND THE GRAPES / THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS / THE CAT AND THE MICE; lines 967-984 | medium | The cat says she must coax the mice out by a trick, climbs the wall, hangs by her hind legs from a peg, and pretends to be dead. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1391-1474 | high | Panaumbe takes a bludgeon, feigns death, is mourned by approaching foxes, kills them, spares one after breaking its leg, carries the others home, and becomes rich through their flesh and skins. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1391-1474 | high | Penaumbe asks how Panaumbe became rich; Panaumbe offers to instruct him at dinner, but Penaumbe says he has heard it already, urinates against the door-sill, and leaves. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1391-1474 | high | In the next tale, Panaumbe sits at the seashore and exposes his anus; whales, salmon, and other fish mistake it for a cavern, enter, and are carried home, released into a closed house, caught, eaten or sold, making Panaumbe rich. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1476-1571 | high | Penaumbe, after hearing how Panaumbe became rich, goes to the sea-shore, takes beings into his body, seals his house, releases what turn out to be poisonous insects, and is stung to death. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1476-1571 | high | Panaumbe sees a sea-lion, calls it by offering to pick lice from its head, pretends to do so while eating its flesh and fat, and is pursued when the sea-lion discovers the injury. | 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 | In 'The Clever Deceiver,' a rascal goes to the mountains, climbs a thick pine-tree, sticks rice on its branches to look like bird dung, and tells the chief that a divine peacock nests there. | 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 | The chief sees the false bird-dung signs and asks the rascal to climb for the divine peacock; midway up the tree, the rascal claims the chief's house seems to be on fire and then says it is already burned down. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AUDITORS. / LOCAL SECRETARIES. / HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 209-263 | medium | The passage says the cunning Fox-god comes from Japanese fox mythology, and that looking for the sunrise in the west belongs to the Japanese Wager of the Phoenix, whose Phoenix is derived from China. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2102-2199 | high | The rascal tells the blind man that if he unties him and obeys him, he will pray to the gods and the man's eyes will open. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 485-608 | medium | The rat steals the owl's saved food, apologizes, gives instructions to set a gimlet point-up under a tree, and the owl is injured after sliding down the tree. | 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 | The mole-god sees the foxes, creates a human-like village, disguises himself as a very old man, makes treasures, garments, and food, and gives crows and other birds human shape as village householders. | 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 | The otter loses salt in the river; the monkey's children die after dancing in a tree; the monkey and otter blame the fox's wiles; the fox feigns deadly boils with bean paste; the monkey goes across the sea to Japan, explaining the absence of monkeys in Aino-land. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10196-10292 | medium | The Sultan summons court doctors; the princess anticipates that a pulse examination would reveal her health and performs violent paroxysms so no doctor dares touch her. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10196-10292 | high | The prince procures a doctor's robe so that his clothing and long beard proclaim him a physician, then gains audience through the chief usher by claiming special remedies. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10294-10395 | medium | The Sultan is pleased by the princess's apparent improvement; the prince asks how she came to Cashmere, and the Sultan says the enchanted horse is in his treasury though he does not know its use. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10294-10395 | medium | The new story begins with Sultan Kosrouschah of Persia, who enjoys disguise and city adventures; after accession he leaves in private dress with his vizir. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1154-1279 | medium | The genius asks not to be treated cruelly, says he cannot tell a story while shut up, promises to make the fisherman rich if let out, and gives his promise. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1154-1279 | medium | The genius strikes his foot against the ground; it opens, he disappears, and it closes immediately. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1409-1550 | medium | The Sultan plans with the young king, kills the wounded slave's remaining life, throws the body into a well, lies on the couch, and answers the enchantress in the slave's voice. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1649-1738 | medium | Earlier that evening the Caliph secretly leaves the palace with Giafar and Mesrour, all dressed as merchants; hearing music and laughter, he orders Giafar to knock though Giafar advises against intrusion. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2193-2294 | medium | The princess claims she had heart pain, sought a bottle, fainted, and accidentally fell against the talisman, breaking it. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 319-445 | medium | Scheherazade asks Dinarzade to wake her an hour before dawn and request one of her stories; she hopes this will deliver the people from terror. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3924-4008 | medium | At daylight the survivors find huts; black inhabitants surround them, divide them among captors, and give them herbs. Sindbad only pretends to taste the herbs, while his companions eat and become mad. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4190-4274 | medium | While exploring, the narrator sees an old bent feeble man seated on the river bank, greets him, receives only nods, and understands his signs as a request to be carried across to gather fruit. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4276-4375 | medium | The old monster drinks from the gourd, becomes affected by strong wine, loosens his leg-grip, and Sindbad throws him to the ground before running to the shore. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4276-4375 | medium | The group seeks coconuts from tall smooth palms; monkeys in the crowns are provoked with stones and retaliate by throwing nuts, filling the sacks. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5168-5263 | medium | An old woman knocks at Alnaschar's door, asks for water to wash before prayer, is admitted, receives a vessel of water, and prays. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5265-5370 | medium | He prepares a purse large enough for five hundred gold pieces but fills it with glass, disguises himself as an old woman, and hides a sabre under his dress. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5265-5370 | medium | Alnaschar finds the lady, who nearly faints with terror and begs for life; he spares her and asks how she joined the others. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5372-5483 | medium | Schacabac petitions for help; the Barmecide reacts to his hunger, calls for handwashing water, but no slave appears, and both men mime washing. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6194-6302 | medium | After recovery, the prince says he longs to see his beloved princess and fears relapse; Marzavan proposes asking permission for a two- or three-day hunt with horses ready. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7361-7460 | medium | Saouy, a vizir, insists on seeing the beautiful Persian, is struck by her beauty, and wants her; Hagi Hassan warns Noureddin that Saouy may underpay or not pay. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7561-7674 | medium | The Caliph sees the pavilion illuminated, questions Giafar, hears an excuse, rebukes him, and orders him to disguise himself and come along. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7561-7674 | medium | The Caliph encounters a fisherman in the forbidden garden lake area, has him draw nets, takes two large fish, exchanges clothing with him, and returns to the pavilion as a fisherman bringing fish. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7676-7788 | medium | The Caliph had instructed the vizir to bring four slaves with raiment; when he claps, they enter, remove the fisherman's dress, and clothe him in what they brought. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7790-7897 | medium | A stranger, identified by the narration as a famous African magician, asks Aladdin about his father Mustapha and claims to be his uncle. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7899-8017 | high | The magician gives Aladdin a ring; Aladdin finds the lamp and fruit, reaches the cave mouth, refuses to give up the lamp before exiting, and the magician magically closes the stone over him. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 806-929 | high | The fisherman devises a plot and says he cannot believe the genius was in the vase unless he sees him do it. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8148-8267 | high | During Aladdin’s hunting absence, the magician buys copper lamps and cries 'New lamps for old'; the princess, unaware of the old lamp’s value, orders a slave to exchange it. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8269-8381 | medium | Aladdin changes clothes, buys a powder, and tells the princess to dress beautifully, feign acceptance of the magician, invite him to supper, and request wine of Africa. | 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 9997-10096 | high | The Sultan orders the Indian released from prison, tells him to take his horse and leave, and the Indian later learns the princess waits at the country house and forms a revenge plan. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1021-1119 | high | Weedah builds more than twenty grass nyunnoos, lights fires before them, imitates many voices, and seeks to lure solitary men so he can kill them and gain the country around him. | 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 1341-1440 | medium | Wurrunnah leaves as if for good, hides nearby, plans to steal a wife, follows the seven sisters as they dig flying ants with yam sticks, and steals two sticks while they eat. | 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 | Dinewan and his two Wahn wives shelter in a bark humpy during rain; Dinewan repeatedly knocks down bark so the wives must repair it outside while he remains dry and laughs, until one wife observes the trick. | 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 | Goolahwilleel returns daily without meat despite family expectations; he has been making a complete kangaroo model from wattle-gum and brings it toward camp as if fulfilling his promise. | 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 | The wives dig a large hole near the creek, fill it with water, cover it with vegetation, and plan to tell Goonur they have found a large bandicoot nest so he can surprise the animals. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2092-2197 | medium | Goonur tells his mother that the wives were deceived by the bandicoot's nest too and asks that they live in peace; the narration says he craftily deceives them while plotting vengeance. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2400-2492 | medium | She goes out with two little dogs, meets men going to the creek, and tells them where to wait on a ridge for paddy melons while she claims she will round them up. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2590-2687 | medium | At the Ooboon camp, the chief flashes a light on strangers, killing them instantly; Wahn the crow announces he will investigate with his biggest booreen. | 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 | Deegeenboyah hears the hunters singing the Song of the Setting Emu, sung by whoever finds the first emu nest of the season, and he begins singing the same song as if he too had found a nest; the song text concerns seeing the nest and protecting the eggs from ants. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 344-455 | medium | Dinewan the emu is largest bird and is acknowledged as king; Goomblegubbon is jealous of Dinewan's high flight, swift running, and proud behavior. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 344-455 | high | Dinewan hides all her young but two under a big salt bush and goes with the two young ones to the plain where Goomblegubbon is feeding with twelve young ones. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 750-866 | low | Piggiebillah questions the brothers, rejects their explanations, threatens to kill them, is shown the dead emu, and drags it to his own camp. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS.; lines 12809-12956 | high | The Jetavana robe-maker prepares attractive robes from old cloth, trades them for new cloth, and the worn places are revealed when the robes are washed in warm water. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS.; lines 12809-12956 | medium | Long ago the Bodisat is born as a tree genius near a lotus pond; during the dry season a crane sees many fish in a pond with little water and plans to outwit and prey on them. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS.; lines 12958-13098 | high | The crane says the pond has little water and food and offers to carry the fish to a large lotus-covered pond; the fish suspect he means to eat them, but he denies it and proposes a test. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS.; lines 12958-13098 | high | The crane invites the crab; the crab doubts being carried in the beak, plans to kill the crane if deceived, and grips the crane’s neck with his claws before departure. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 13610-13947 | low | The index lists the greedy antelope, the wily antelope, crow and fox, crow and jackal, and crows and owls in feud. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 14324-14688 | medium | The index identifies Māra as the Buddhist Satan, says he tempts Gotama with sovereignty, notes conflict between the Buddha and Māra, mentions Māra’s daughters, and lists Māra as tempter. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 14690-15040 | low | The Sakka entry says he serves the Buddha, places the Buddha’s hair in a dāgaba in heaven, has a throne that feels hot, is born as the Bodisat, tempts a mortal, and gives presents. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15852-15993 | low | Sakka is described as a gentle god, not immortal, capable of remembering a former birth, sometimes succeeded by a deserving human, and given to practical joking that tempted people. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 363-474 | high | A hawker travels with goods carried by an ass; when he unloads it, he dresses the ass in a lion’s skin and releases it into rice and barley fields, where watchmen avoid it because they take it for a lion. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5864-5956 | medium | Māra comes intending to stop the Bodisat, stands in the air, and says the wheel of empire will appear in seven days and make him sovereign over the four continents and two thousand adjacent isles. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH. / GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I.; lines 7596-7698 | medium | The desert demon thinks: “I will make these fellows throw away the water they have brought... I will eat them every one!” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH. / GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I.; lines 7700-7829 | medium | The demon appears with lotus wreaths, water-lilies, lotus stalks, dirt, water, and mud, and claims that beyond the green forest the country has rain, full pools, and lotus ponds. | 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 |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE MOUSE AND THE FARMER / THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE / THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE; lines 1130-1199 | medium | After serving the King of the Goblins, the goblin is permitted to eat any man who sneezes in the house, unless another person says a blessing and the sneezer replies reciprocally. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India / WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB; lines 134-220 | medium | At the lake, the elephant pair goes farthest into the water; as the herd begins to leave, the elephant feels a powerful nip on his leg from the crab. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE PIOUS WOLF / BIRDS OF A FEATHER / SPEND A POUND TO WIN A PENNY / THE CUNNING CRANE AND THE CRAB; lines 1648-1775 | high | The crane eats fish when he can, sees the fish gasping in the little pool, and thinks of a trick to get them without trouble. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE PIOUS WOLF / BIRDS OF A FEATHER / SPEND A POUND TO WIN A PENNY / THE CUNNING CRANE AND THE CRAB; lines 1648-1775 | high | The crab asks how he will be carried, rejects relying only on the crane’s beak, and says he will hold the crane’s neck with his claws; the crane agrees. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE GREAT YELLOW KING AND HIS PORTER / THE QUAIL AND THE FALCON / PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR; lines 2108-2152 | high | A man who wants a taste of the king's food runs toward the watching crowd shouting 'News!', gains access, and falls before the king as if faint with hunger. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT; lines 223-284 | high | A troop of rats lives in holes by a river side; a cat sees them, wants to eat them, and decides not to attack all at once because many would escape and he is not strong enough. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 2268-2355 | medium | The boar loses his conceit, and an old wise boar advises him to roll in mud because lions are clean beasts and dislike dirt. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR / THE GOBLIN CITY; lines 2358-2435 | medium | A ship is wrecked near the goblin city; five hundred sailors are cast ashore, and the she-goblins bring them food, dry clothes, and an invitation into the city. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; lines 287-410 | medium | Mr. Crocodile calls to the monkey, describes abundant fruit on the far side of the river, and offers to carry him across on his back. | 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 | medium | The man tests whether the diamond caused the miracle by wishing himself down and then back up into the tree, confirming that it is magical. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND / THE WISE PARROT AND THE FOOLISH PARROT / THE DISHONEST FRIEND; lines 826-894 | medium | The owner takes the friend's son for a walk, leaves him safely with another friend, then tells the father that a hawk carried him off. | 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 says Miluchradh, daughter of Cuilinn and a woman of the Sidhe, put the enchantment on him through jealousy of her sister Aine; Cuilinn of Cuailgne alone can restore his shape. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 10866-10961 | medium | Finnbane sees a large ugly deformed man from the east, armed with shield, sword, and spears, wearing a torn cloak, leading a poor horse by an iron halter and beating it with an iron cudgel. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES; lines 11272-11333 | high | Miodac deceives the Fianna by presenting himself as a poet and making riddling verses; Finn interprets them as referring to bees, the River Boinn, and Angus’ house at Brugh na Boinn. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES / BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR; lines 11428-11494 | medium | Diarmuid says Finn keeps the gates of Teamhair, so they cannot leave; Grania says there is a side door at her sunny house and suggests Diarmuid may pass over the walls of the strong place by the shafts of his spears. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11733-11826 | medium | Diarmuid asks for a tun of wine, rides it down the hill as a trick, repeats it three times, and fifty strangers die trying to imitate him before the rest return to their ships. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11828-11918 | medium | Diarmuid meets three strangers, plants the Crann Buidhe spear point-up, leaps onto it unharmed, and a young Green Champion dies attempting the same feat. | 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 III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS; lines 12552-12675 | medium | The old woman dips her cloak in sea-water before entering the cave and tells Diarmuid that the day is full of cold, storms, frost, and rivers between ridges. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13584-13678 | medium | Conan leaps from his seat when his bald head is about to be struck off, loses strips of skin, and asks to be healed before death because he knows an enchanted cup in the dun had cured Glanluadh. | 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 | medium | Brian says the garden is guarded by the king's champions and fighting men, and advises going in as swift hawks so the guards will spend their missiles before the brothers take the apples. | 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 1766-1882 | high | Brian recommends entering in the appearance of Irish poets; the brothers put the poet's tie on their hair and identify themselves as Irish poets with a poem for the king. | 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 1884-1986 | medium | At Siogair's court, Brian proposes posing as paid soldiers from Ireland to learn where the horses and chariot are kept, and the king takes them into service. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA; lines 3051-3156 | high | Angus gets the Brugh from the Dagda with Manannan's help: he asks for it for a day and a night, then claims the grant is forever because all life and time consist of days and nights following each other. | 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 | medium | Angus appears as a land-holder to Ribh and Eocho, tells them not to settle on his plain, and gives them a horse to carry their goods; Midhir later comes similarly when they choose Magh Find, the playing ground of Angus and Midhir, and gives them a horse. | 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 | At a fair at Teamhair, Etain alone sees and hears a rider who sings of his country: beautiful unblemished people, youth without aging, pleasant fields and flowers, streams of mead and wine, no care or sorrow, and inhabitants who see others while unseen. | 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 | medium | Eochaid attacks Bri Leith, besieges it for nine years, and digs into the hill. Midhir sends sixty beautiful women with Etain’s appearance; Eochaid first chooses Esa, then knows Etain when she calls and brings her home. | 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 | The stranger gives O'Donnell a speech of rapid wandering, the gatekeeper denies admitting or recognizing him, and all wonder that he entered without passing the gate. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY; lines 3969-4060 | high | A stranger comes to Seaghan's gathering wet-shod, names himself Duartane O'Duartane, recounts a route through named places, and receives wine, foot-washing water, and a night's sleep. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY; lines 3969-4060 | medium | At Tadg O'Cealaigh's place, the stranger in old striped clothes asks five marks to show a trick with three rushes; an imitator attempts it and pierces his own palm, and the stranger says he will heal him. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY; lines 4062-4091 | high | "And with that the man of tricks vanished, and no one saw where was he gone." | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN; lines 4094-4220 | medium | Manannan sings that Bran thinks he is crossing the clear sea in a curragh, but to Manannan it is a flowery plain with red flowers, sea-horses, woods of acorns, blossoms, fruit, wine scent, and golden leaves. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN / CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC; lines 4358-4447 | medium | Cormac says that if the stories are true, the master is Manannan and the woman is Manannan's wife, because no one else owns such treasures. | 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 4786-4887 | medium | Looking back, the travelers cannot see the island because a Druid mist has come upon it and hidden it. | 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 5888-5976 | medium | For nine years at Samhain, Aillen of the Tuatha de Danaan comes from Sidhe Finnachaidh, plays Sidhe music that makes listeners sleep, and burns Teamhair with fire from his mouth. | 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 | medium | While Finn is away fighting, a likeness of Finn with likenesses of Bran and Sceolan appears; Sadbh, speaking of Finn as husband and father of her unborn child, goes to it. When she touches it, the figure raises a hazel rod and she becomes a fawn; its hounds drag her back, and all vanish. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA; lines 6278-6377 | medium | At Teamhair Caoilte takes the doorkeeper's clothes, leaves his own worn sword in the king's sheath, takes the king's powerful sword, and enters the palace disguised as a servant. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER III. THE HOUND / CHAPTER IV. RED RIDGE / BOOK THREE: THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE STRAND. / CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND; lines 7086-7130 | medium | The King of the World asks who can give him knowledge of Ireland's harbours, and Glas says he will bring him to a good harbour. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES; lines 861-964 | medium | Bres taxes each house for milk from hornless dun or single-colour cows; Nechtan, advised by the Druid Findgoll, disguises the cows by singeing them in fern fire and smearing them with ashes. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES; lines 861-964 | medium | Cridenbel, an idle blind man with a sharp tongue, covets the Dagda's food and demands the three best bits, taking a large share each night. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE; lines 9646-9708 | medium | Fionnbhar and the Tuatha de Danaan place Druid mist around themselves, advance hidden and armed in sixteen battalions, and Ethne says she will entice Finn out. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS; lines 9748-9800 | high | Daireann takes a white silver cup from under a covering, fills it with strong drink, calls it very strong mead, and gives it to Finn. Because Finn is bound not to refuse feast-items, he drinks and immediately becomes like one mad, speaking harms, faults, and battle misfortunes against the Fianna. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12768-12923 | low | In Thuringia the dreaded Rush-cutter walked through fields on St. John's Day with sickles tied to his ankles, cutting avenues in the corn; seven bundles of brushwood were silently threshed, and the stranger appearing at the barn door was the Rush-cutter. | 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 5484-5571 | medium | Loki disguises himself as an old woman, learns from Frigg that mistletoe was too young to swear, pulls the mistletoe, and gives it to blind Hödur while directing him to throw it at Balder. | record |
| Persian | The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan | XXIII / XXVII / XXVIII / XXXII; lines 1223-1244 | medium | The impostor plaits his hair, claims descent from Ali, enters with a Hijaz caravan as a supposed Mecca pilgrim, and presents an elegy as his own composition. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION / TAIN BO FRAICH / PART II; lines 10277-10425 | medium | The woman advises that she will leave the castle portal open at evening under a pretext about weak calves and milk; the attackers may enter while the inhabitants sleep, but the serpent and its possible serpent host remain to be overcome. | 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 | Mider states that he filled Ailill's mind with love for Etain, prevented him from coming to the tryst, and did not allow him to spoil Etain's honour. | 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 1814-1914 | medium | The fairy host sings while making the road. The road would have been better than any in the world, but because the fairy folk were observed, a breach was made in the causeway. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | MAC DATHO'S BOAR / INTRODUCTION / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.); lines 2033-2183 | medium | "Of that hound to them both be thou giver, / And who dies for it little we care." | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 1010-1106 | medium | The Cercopes are described as a pair of malignant dwarfs or Monkey-Men who go about mischief-making; their punishment by Heracles appears on an early Selinus metope. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2829-2912 | medium | Rhea asks Earth and Heaven to conceal Zeus; Earth carries Zeus through black night to Lyctus in Crete and hides him in a remote cave on Mount Aegeum. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2914-3010 | high | At Mecone, Prometheus deceptively divides an ox; Zeus perceives the trick, becomes angry, and the passage explains the burning of white bones on altars. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745; lines 4040-4156 | medium | Of Autolycus: “All things that he took in his hands, he made to disappear.” | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4786-4884 | high | Melampus buries a killed serpent; its offspring inspire prophecy by licking his ears. Later he is caught stealing cows and is released after warning of a house collapse. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 | medium | Hera sets the great and strong Argus over Io; he has four eyes, looks every way, does not sleep, and always keeps watch. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO; lines 5810-5905 | medium | Telphusa warns that horses, mules, chariots, and watering at her sacred springs will distract from Apollo's temple; she advises Crisa below Parnassus, where people will bring gifts and sacrifices, and the passage says she wanted renown there for herself and persuaded Apollo. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6148-6247 | high | Hermes is described as 'of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver... a thief at the gates'; born at dawn, he plays the lyre at midday and steals Apollo's cattle in the evening. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6249-6341 | high | Hermes is said to have first invented fire-sticks and fire, piling dry sticks in a trench until fierce flame spread. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 | high | Apollo hears the old man's report, sees a long-winged bird, interprets it as an omen that the thief is the child of Zeus, and hurries to Pylos seeking his oxen. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6447-6544 | high | Apollo tells Zeus that the newborn Hermes stole his cows, made marvelous tracks, drove them toward Pylos, hid in a dim cave, and denied any knowledge of them. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6447-6544 | medium | Apollo wonders how newborn Hermes flayed two cows, tries to bind him with osier withes, but the bands fail and grow from the ground, interweaving and covering the cattle. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6546-6640 | medium | Apollo calls Hermes 'Slayer of oxen, trickster' and says the song is 'worth fifty cows' before promising renown and gifts. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6642-6699 | high | Apollo shows friendship to Hermes, Zeus gives him grace, and Hermes consorts with mortals and immortals, gives small profit, and continually cozens mortal men through the dark night. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES / V. TO APHRODITE; lines 6890-6966 | medium | The goddess says she will have shame among the gods because she formerly used jibes and wiles to make immortals mate with mortal women, but now has conceived a child by a mortal man. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED / XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI / XVIII. TO HERMES; lines 7165-7180 | medium | Hermes is invoked as Cyllenian, Slayer of Argus, lord of Cyllene and Arcadia, and luck-bringing messenger of the deathless gods. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD; lines 7964-8081 | high | Epeius builds the wooden horse by Athena's instruction; Odysseus disfigures himself, enters Ilium as a spy, is recognized by Helen, plots with her, kills certain Trojans, returns, and removes the Palladium with Diomedes. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD / THE SACK OF ILIUM; lines 8106-8167 | medium | Trojans debate the wooden horse, choose dedication to Athena, feast, and then two serpents kill Laocoon and one son, alarming Aeneas' followers, who withdraw to Ida. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 816-912 | high | The Sack of Ilium is summarized as including the wooden horse, Laocoon, Sinon, the Achaeans' return from Tenedos, the sack of Troy, division of spoils, and the burning of the city, and is said to be very similar to Vergil's Aeneid II. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE TAKING OF OECHALIA / THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES; lines 8328-8340 | high | The Cercopes are introduced as two brothers on earth who practiced every kind of knavery; they are associated with cunning deeds and named Passalus and Acmon. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE; lines 8343-8434 | medium | Puff-jaw says frogs have many marvels, that the Son of Chronos gave them power to live on land and in water, and invites the mouse to mount his back to visit his house. | 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 | Those who seek to outwit the oracle or ask more than they ought will be deceived by it and led to ruin; the note compares Hymn to Hermes, lines 541 ff. | 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 | high | In the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, Battus nearly disappears and a somewhat different account of the stealing of the cattle is given. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 10446-10587 | medium | Ulysses scorns Dolon's desire for Achilles' horses and asks where Hector, his horses, the princes, the watches, and Trojan plans are. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13567-13688 | medium | The book argument summarizes Juno's deception of Jupiter with Venus's girdle and Sleep's aid, Jupiter's slumber on Mount Ida, Neptune's aid to the Greeks, and Ajax striking Hector with a stone. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13690-13832 | medium | From aloft Hera sees Jove on Ida's shady height and asks what arts she might use to deceive and blind his all-beholding eye. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13834-13982 | high | Venus invites Juno's request; Juno asks for charms that move mortals and immortals with love and sacred fires. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. / BOOK XV. / ARGUMENT. / THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.; lines 14275-14412 | medium | Jupiter says Juno's arts made Hector yield and later warns against her 'arts and blandishments' and 'soft deceits.' | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22571-22712 | medium | Jove sees Priam crossing the plain, pities human woes, and tells Hermes to guard him, prevent the observing enemy, and conduct him safely to Achilles' tent. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22714-22855 | medium | Hermes takes the chariot reins, drives the horses, uses his wand to put the guards to sleep, opens the gates and bars, and leads the chariot unseen through the hostile camp. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22976-23120 | medium | Priam and the herald rest in the porch; Hermes alone remains awake, considers how to get the king past ramparts and watch, warns Priam, and guides the mules silently through hostile land. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 23271-23326 | medium | Troy was taken soon after Hector's death by the stratagem of the wooden horse, with particulars said to be in Virgil's second book of the 'neid' as printed. | 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, hanging upside down, speaks gently to the tired wife, offers to pound barley for her, promises not to escape, and is untied by her out of pity. | 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 1301-1411 | high | The rabbit plans punishment, finds the badger hiding in his den, invites him to cut grass on the hills, and the badger trusts him and goes along. | 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 1413-1523 | medium | The rabbit keeps the wooden boat, gives the badger the clay boat, proposes a rowing race, refuses help when the clay dissolves, says he is avenging the old woman’s murder, strikes the badger, and the badger sinks. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR; lines 3796-3896 | high | The monkey overhears the conversation, realizes he is to be killed, laments his master's cruelty, and thinks of seeking the wild boar's counsel. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR; lines 3796-3896 | medium | The boar, pleased by flattery, proposes to seize the master's infant child so that the monkey can rescue it and win the parents' pity. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY; lines 4819-4939 | medium | The jelly fish says he has no experience catching monkeys; the steward replies that strength will not work and that the only way is to trick one. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY; lines 4941-5079 | medium | The chief steward tells the jelly fish to befriend a monkey, praise the Dragon King's Palace and sea wonders, and carry the monkey on his back because monkeys do not swim. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY; lines 5081-5179 | high | The monkey says monkeys can spare livers, claims to have several, and says he left them hanging on a pine tree. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5182-5293 | high | The monkey and crab play along a river bank; the crab finds a rice-dumpling, the monkey finds a hard persimmon seed, and the monkey envies the dumpling and proposes an exchange. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5182-5293 | medium | The crab cannot climb the tree and seeks the monkey's help; when the monkey hears the tree bears fruit, he devises a plan to get the persimmons for himself. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES; lines 5455-5593 | high | The hare sees a crocodile near the island and thinks that he will try to get what he wants by a trick rather than by asking a favor. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES; lines 5455-5593 | medium | The hare greets the crocodile, plays with him, and asks whether the crocodiles are more numerous than the hares; the crocodile boasts that crocodiles in the sea far outnumber hares. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES; lines 5595-5702 | medium | A kind man carrying a great bag stops; the hare tells how it tricked crocodiles into making a bridge, mocked them, was revenged upon, and was later deceived by men like the present helper. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 5705-5811 | high | Yamato judges open battle in the impassable country unwise, decides to use stratagem and surprise, and orders his army to halt. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 5813-5924 | high | Kumaso and Takeru sit in their tent discussing the King's son's army; Prince Yamato approaches in the disguise of a beautiful woman in sumptuous garments, unrecognized by them. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 5926-6019 | medium | Yamato Take marches through Owari to Suruga, where the governor feigns warm hospitality and proposes a deer hunt. | 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 | medium | 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 7122-7243 | low | The wife rejoices at the removal; a wicked neighbor with a left-cheek wen hears the story, asks for details, and is told to hide near the hollow tree around sunset. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT / THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG / GRANNY'S BLACKIE / THE CRAB AND THE CRANE; lines 1523-1623 | high | The tale opens in a dry summer with little rain. Animals, especially fishes in a very low pond, suffer for want of water; a crane watches them and offers to carry them to a deep-woods pond with water, food, and shade. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT / THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG / GRANNY'S BLACKIE / THE CRAB AND THE CRANE; lines 1523-1623 | medium | A little fish says the crane may want to eat the fishes one by one. The crane replies that they may send a trusted fish with him to see the pond and return. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT / THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG / GRANNY'S BLACKIE / THE CRAB AND THE CRANE; lines 1523-1623 | high | The crab says he cannot ride on the crane's back and asks to hold the crane's neck with his claws. The crane knows crabs have a tight grip and dislikes the idea, but agrees because he is hungry. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | XVIII WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS 90 / PUBLISHER'S NOTE / THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE / PART I; lines 203-280 | high | The crocodile says he will kill the monkey by keeping him underwater because his mother wants monkey-heart. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | XVIII WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS 90 / PUBLISHER'S NOTE / THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE / PART I; lines 203-280 | high | The young crocodile decides to get the monkey who lives in the big tree and wants to go across the river to the island with ripe fruit. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | PUBLISHER'S NOTE / THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE / PART I / PART II; lines 283-355 | medium | The crocodile watches the monkey cross, plans to catch him returning at night, swims about watching him, and later lies still on the rock. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE / PART I / PART II / HOW THE TURTLE SAVED HIS OWN LIFE; lines 357-400 | medium | The turtle asks what it has done to deserve such a dreadful thing and says, “to throw me into the lake! Don’t speak of such a cruel thing!” | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE QUARREL OF THE QUAILS / THE MEASURE OF RICE / THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT / THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT; lines 948-1073 | medium | A wicked desert demon plans to make the merchant empty the jars, changes into a noble gentleman, summons a carriage and ten armed demon attendants, and creates wet signs on the carriage, oxen, clothing, and hair. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 11504-11682 | medium | Louhi orders that Sariola, Karelen, and ancient Wainamoinen be asked, but explicitly commands that wild Lemminkainen, the island-dweller Ahti, not be asked. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15627-15816 | medium | The angry landlord conjures a lakelet in the earth at Kaukomieli's feet and tells him to quench his thirst from it as the beer he deserves. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6541-6715 | medium | At the upper courtyard, Lemminkainen invokes Hisi and Lempo to stop the watchdog’s throat, nostrils, and mouth so it will be silent as he passes. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8570-8763 | medium | The daughter of Tuoni, a small maiden of Manala at Tuoni's river, says she will bring the row-boat when he explains why he has come to Manala in a hale and active body. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10088-10219 | medium | Servants are told to speak kindly because Satan stirs strife; the Lord may have mercy or chastise, the addressee is not a guardian, prophets receive differing gifts, David receives the Psalter, and invoked beings beside God are powerless and seek nearness to their Lord. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10937-11068 | medium | The angels are commanded to prostrate before Adam; all do so except Eblis, who is of the Djinn and revolts from his Lord's command; taking him and his offspring as patrons is condemned. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11510-11661 | medium | If an enticement from Satan entices, the addressed person is told to take refuge in God, who is Hearing and Knowing. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 16572-16682 | medium | Satan whispers that the forbidden tree would make them angels or immortals and swears he is a right counsellor. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 18733-18863 | medium | Adam and his wife are told to dwell in the Garden and eat freely but not approach a tree; Satan makes them slip, they are banished and told to descend to earth with enmity and provision for a time; Adam learns words of prayer and God turns to him. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19459-19571 | medium | Believers are told to enter completely into the true religion, not follow Satan's steps, and recognize Satan as their declared enemy; lapse after clear signs is warned against. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 20703-20832 | medium | Satan says, "No man shall conquer you this day" and promises help, but when the armies come in sight he turns back and says, "I am clear of you" and "I fear God." | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 22815-22934 | medium | "They call, beside Him, upon mere goddesses! they invoke a rebel Satan!" | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 23322-23450 | medium | Satan tells a man to become an infidel; when the man does so, Satan says he is clear of him and fears God, Lord of the Worlds. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7050-7238 | medium | Eblis refuses to bow to man created of clay and moulded loam; God tells him to depart as a stoned one and places a curse on him until the day of reckoning. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7860-8026 | medium | Eblis asks for respite until the day of Resurrection; God grants respite until the appointed time; Eblis vows to seduce all except sincere servants, and God declares Hell will be filled with Eblis and followers. | 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 10903-10986 | medium | Sale's note says the phrase about Satan driven away with stones alludes to Abraham throwing stones at the devil when tempted not to sacrifice his son; Muslims commemorate this by throwing stones at the devil during pilgrimage ceremonies in Mina. | 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 11536-11628 | medium | A note recounts Shas Ebn Kais provoking al Aws and al Khazraj through a young man's narration of the battle of Both, nearly leading to battle before Mohammed reconciles them and calls it a devilish trick. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 13129-13192 | medium | God curses Satan; Satan says he will take a portion of God's servants, seduce them, inspire vain desires, command cutting ears of cattle, and command changing God's creature; taking Satan as patron leads to manifest destruction. | 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 13840-13919 | medium | Some say Cain killed Abel with a stone; another report says the devil appeared in human shape and showed him how by crushing a bird’s head between two stones. | 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 17023-17117 | medium | If an evil suggestion from Satan is suggested, the addressee is told to have recourse to God, who hears and knows. | 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 17480-17545 | medium | Satan "said, No man shall prevail against you to-day; and I will surely be near to assist you." | 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 17547-17622 | medium | Commentary says some read the devil's role figuratively, while others say the devil appeared as Sorka Ebn Malec, promised the Koreish safety from Kenna, and went with them. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21485-21588 | medium | Twelve signs are placed in heaven for spectators and guarded from devils; a stealthy listener is struck by a visible flame. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21485-21588 | medium | God says he will form man, breathe of his spirit into him, and commands the angels to worship; all worship Adam except Eblis, who refuses because Adam was made from clay. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22863-22955 | medium | Eblis asks for respite until the day of resurrection and threatens Adam's offspring; God grants respite and says Eblis's followers will have hell as reward. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28631-28720 | medium | Ad and Thamud are destroyed, with remains of their dwellings known; Satan turns them aside; Karn, Pharaoh, and Haman are destroyed after Moses comes with evident miracles and they act insolently. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXXIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 30335-30394 | medium | “Eblis found his opinion of them to be true... they followed him, except a party of the true believers.” | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 40263-40374 | medium | Solomon succeeds David, has power over winds, is linked with judgments and the queen of Saba, is deprived of his signet and kingdom for some days, and has his death concealed for a year. | 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 8935-9023 | high | A tradition says the devil was refused entry to paradise, asked animals to carry him in, and was carried by the serpent between its teeth; the serpent was then beautiful in form. | 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 9415-9483 | medium | Sale's note says devils hid books of magic under Solomon's throne after his death to slander him; some refused the arts, others learned them, and Solomon was cleared of idolatry. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4023-4092 | medium | At Arthur's gate the youth asks for the portal to be opened; the porter refuses under the laws of Arthur's palace, describes the feast inside, and offers hospitality in the guest chamber instead. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4868-4965 | high | The travelers see a vast castle; a huge black man says it is Gwrnach the Giant's castle, that no guest ever returns alive, and that entry requires bringing a craft. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6161-6214 | medium | Rhiannon tells Pwyll to bestow her on Gwawl to avoid shame, says she will ensure she is never Gwawl's, and says she will give Pwyll a small bag to keep. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6216-6305 | medium | Gwawl comes to the feast; Pwyll, called Chief of Annwvyn, comes to the orchard with a hundred knights and a bag, wearing ragged clothes and old shoes, then asks Gwawl to fill the bag with meat. | 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 | medium | Llwyd son of Kilcoed reveals that the mouse is his wife, that he cast the charm over Dyved to avenge Gwawl, and that his household, wife, and court ladies were transformed into mice to destroy the captor’s corn; the wife is pregnant. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7484-7578 | high | Gwydion, Gilvaethwy, and ten companions arrive at Pryderi's palace at Rhuddlan Teivi disguised as bards; Gwydion tells tales and charms the court. | 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 7857-7953 | high | Gwydion calls on magic before dawn; uproar, trumpets, and shouts are heard. Arianrod reports an apparent multitude of ships making for land. | 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 | The third plague is a mighty man of magic who steals food and drink and makes everyone sleep through illusions and charms; Lludd is told to watch personally and use a cauldron of cold water against sleep. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8823-8915 | medium | Taliesin tells his mistress that Elphin is imprisoned and Rhun is coming to disgrace her; he has her dress a kitchen maid in her clothing and put valuable rings on the maid's hands. | 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 | high | As the bards and heralds pass, Taliesin pouts his lips and plays "Blerwm, blerwm" with his finger on his lips. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 5114-5254 | medium | As day declines, Karna and five chieftains surround Jayadratha. Krishna whispers a prayer, a dark cloud veils the sun, and Karna, the chiefs, and Jayadratha believe evening darkness has arrived and slacken their fighting. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 14479-14639 | medium | Satan is called “the Lapidated One”; Muslims are said to believe shooting stars are missiles cast by angels at demons trying to approach heaven to eavesdrop. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6115-6223 | high | “Too numerous demons in human form walk; / Beware, then, with whom thou engagest in talk.” | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6225-6332 | medium | Christians accept the man, hear him preach Gospel, prayer, and cord; outwardly he appears holy, but he is called a trap and fowler's whistle, and disciples are deceived from Jesu's teaching. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6445-6544 | medium | The vazir is absent from the king for six years, appears as a disciple of Jesus's faith, gains the people's trust, intends fraud and deceit, and secretly communicates with the king. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7675-7775 | high | “A stratagem I’ll plan, and cheat this grim tyrant. / My wily plan shall save the souls of all alive”; the passage compares this to prophets promising salvation from doom. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8097-8210 | high | The lion orders the hare to guide him to the beast; the hare sets out in front as guide. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8212-8311 | low | The discourse turns back to the lion and his friend; they come to the well, the hare slows and draws back, and the lion urges him forward to find the enemy. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8313-8423 | high | “’Twas thus the hare the lion tricked with specious lies; / And added: ‘Hence the reason why I cannot rise.’” | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8425-8533 | medium | The hare is said to have lodged the lion in a safe dungeon; the passage also applies the image to Fakhru-’d-Dīn, pride, and a lion at the bottom of a well. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448 | medium | At the nocturnal triennial festival of Bacchus, Progne leaves the house in Bacchic dress with vine leaves, deer skins, and a spear, attended by followers and pretending divine frenzy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH.; lines 10726-10814 | medium | The armed earth-born enemies prepare to attack; the frightened maiden repeats an auxiliary charm and summons secret arts; the hero throws a heavy stone and makes the warriors kill one another. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10979-11037 | medium | The Fable II summary says Jason asks Medea to restore Æson to youth; Medea later causes Pelias to be killed by his daughters and escapes in her chariot. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11123-11206 | medium | Medea feigns a quarrel with her husband, comes to Pelias as a suppliant, befriends his daughters, tells of Æson's restored youth, and lets them hope their father can be made young by the same art. | 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 12340-12383 | medium | Tzetzes says the wife was found by her husband with Pteleon, who gave her a golden wreath; Antoninus Liberalis says the husband tested her fidelity by a bribe through a slave. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2098-2203 | medium | Pausanias’s variant: Leucippus, son of Œnomaus, loves Daphne, disguises himself in female apparel, gains her trust, is exposed when Apollo increases the heat and the women bathe, and is killed with hunting arrows. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2225-2297 | medium | Juno sees unusual clouds making day look like night, suspects Jupiter because of past intrigues, descends from heaven, and commands the mists to withdraw. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2299-2386 | high | Jupiter orders Mercury to kill Argus; Mercury takes winged feet, soporific wand, and cap, descends from Jupiter’s abode, keeps the wand, acts as a shepherd, drives she-goats, and plays joined oaten straws. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2456-2493 | medium | Mercury sees that all Argus's eyes are asleep, ends his song, and strengthens the sleep by stroking the eyes with his magic wand. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 250-281 | high | Mercury steals Apollo's neglected herd, changes Battus into a touchstone for betrayal, sees and debauches Herse, and Aglauros is changed into a rock because of envy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3767-3868 | high | Apollo is absent in Elis and Messenian fields wearing a shepherd's garment, carrying a stick and a reed pipe; while his cows stray into Pylos, Mercury sees them, drives them off, hides them in the woods, and Battus alone notices. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135 | medium | Fable VI summary says Echo distracts Juno with stories to allow Jupiter's mistresses to escape; Juno punishes Echo, who is later slighted and despised by Narcissus despite loving him. | 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 VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10032-10109 | medium | Diodorus Siculus and Tzetzes say Polyphemus was king of part of Sicily; Ulysses carried off Elpe, was pursued by the Laestrygons, gave her up, and later told the Phaeacians a distorted version. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10447-10540 | medium | Dido secures cooperation, requests to leave her retreat, puts wealth aboard ship, and mixes sand-filled bags among bags of gold to deceive Pygmalion’s observers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11563-11661 | medium | Pomona is described as a Latian Hamadryad skilled at gardens and fruit trees, using a pruning-knife, grafting, watering roots, rejecting love, and enclosing her orchard to avoid males. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11985-12039 | medium | Dionysius' account is summarized: the Sabines attack Rome; Tarpeia bargains to open the gate for Tatius in exchange for golden bracelets or jewels; after entry, she is killed when Tatius orders objects thrown on her head, with a variant involving bucklers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2575-2662 | medium | 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 | Galanthis, a yellow-haired handmaid, notices Juno's unusual action, sees the goddess in the binding posture, and falsely says Alcmena has delivered. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XI. / BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV.; lines 373-392 | medium | In the time of Procas, Pomona is loved by Vertumnus, who assumes an old woman's form, tells of Anaxarete's change into stone for cruelty, returns to youthful shape, and prevails upon the goddess. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 | medium | The explanation identifies Atalanta as daughter of Schœneus and granddaughter of Athamas; notes Ovid omitted the lover's head start; gives variant origins for the golden apples; and suggests the story may reflect bribes used to win favor. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6347-6418 | medium | Chione bears twins: Autolycus, crafty and skilled in theft and in making black white and white black, and Philammon, famous for song and the lyre. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 728-812 | medium | Daedalus hates Crete and exile, is enclosed by the sea, and says Minos may control land and sea, but the skies are open and he will go that way. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8159-8258 | medium | Neptune asks Apollo to avenge Cygnus because the Destinies prevent him from doing so; Apollo enters the Trojan camp in disguise and directs Paris's arrow to Achilles' vulnerable heel. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8455-8538 | medium | Ajax says his own strength lies in fierce warfare while Ulysses' strength lies in speaking, and that Ulysses' deeds lack witnesses and are known only to night. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8624-8692 | medium | At Aulis the fleet lacks favorable breezes; oracles command Agamemnon to slay his innocent daughter for Diana; the speaker claims to sway the father and to be sent to deceive the mother with craft. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8694-8768 | medium | The speaker says Diomedes trusts him, that he voluntarily entered night danger, killed Dolon after forcing him to disclose Trojan plans, then killed Rhesus and his attendants and returned in a captured chariot. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | THE STOLEN PLOW / THE LION IN BAD COMPANY / XVIII / THE WISE GOAT AND THE WOLF; lines 1308-1379 | medium | The male wolf tells his mate to say he is dead and ask the goat to help bury him, intending to spring up and bite the goat. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | XXI THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG / THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS / THE THREE FISHES / THE TRICKY WOLF AND THE RATS; lines 307-358 | medium | A Big Rat is chief over many rats in the forest; a wolf sees the troop, wants to catch and eat them, and stands on his hind legs near their home. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS / THE THREE FISHES / THE TRICKY WOLF AND THE RATS / THE WOODPECKER, TURTLE, AND DEER; lines 360-453 | medium | The hunter comes out with a knife; the Woodpecker flies at his face at the front door and then again at the back door, making him turn back twice. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | THE WOODPECKER, TURTLE, AND DEER / THE GOLDEN GOOSE / THE STUPID MONKEYS / THE CUNNING WOLF; lines 552-594 | medium | The man takes a club to the lake where animals come to drink and lies down with the club in hand, pretending to be dead. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | THE WOODPECKER, TURTLE, AND DEER / THE GOLDEN GOOSE / THE STUPID MONKEYS / THE CUNNING WOLF; lines 552-594 | high | The man tells his friends that he tried to get meat by tricking the animals, "but the cunning Wolf played a better trick on me." | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY / THE RED-BUD TREE / THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION / THE OTTERS AND THE WOLF; lines 722-771 | medium | The otters address the wolf and ask him to divide the fish because they cannot agree. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | APPENDIX I / MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS / APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III; lines 5638-5700 | medium | In a Masnavi story, a vizier has a Jewish persecuting king mutilate him, claims suffering for the Christians’ religion, gains their confidence as guide, and sends contradictory epistles to chief Christians, causing confusion. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III / APPENDIX IV / CHRIST IN MODAMMEDAN TRADITION.; lines 5829-5934 | medium | In the Kitab-al-Aghani, Satan challenges Jesus to climb a mountain and cast himself down; Jesus refuses, citing God’s command not to tempt him by self-destruction. | 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 10012-10108 | high | Odysseus considers killing the sleeping giant but remembers that the cave is blocked by the rock and begins devising an escape plan. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3746-3817 | high | Hermes is described as messenger and ambassador of the gods, conductor of shades to Hades, patron of youth and athletics, inventor of the alphabet, teacher of interpreting foreign languages, and cunning attendant of Zeus when Zeus travels on earth disguised as a mortal. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3819-3892 | high | Apollo discovers the robber, confronts Maia and the infant Hermes, brings Hermes before Zeus, and Zeus orders Hermes to show Apollo where the cattle are hidden. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE. / HYMEN.; lines 4964-4987 | medium | Hymen disguises himself as a girl and joins maidens, including his beloved, traveling from Athens to Eleusis for a festival of Demeter. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 | medium | Rhea appeals to Uranus and Gaea, wraps a stone in baby-clothes, and Cronus swallows it without noticing the deception. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | NAPAEAE AND OREADES. / THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS.; lines 5585-5598 | medium | Like Pan, Faunus possesses prophecy, presides over woods and fields, and can alarm travellers in solitary places. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS. / THE SATYRS.; lines 5600-5633 | medium | At Dionysian festivals, rural shepherds and peasants dress in goat and other animal skins, use the disguise for playful tricks and excesses, and some authorities connect this to the conception of Satyrs. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ASCLEPIAS (AESCULAPIUS). / AESCULAPIUS. / ROMAN DIVINITIES. / JANUS.; lines 5712-5790 | low | Janus presided over beginnings: years, months, seasons, and human enterprises; auspicious beginnings explain his high estimation. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CONSUS. / LIBITINA. / LAVERNA. / COMUS.; lines 5940-5953 | medium | Laverna is the presiding goddess of thieves, artifice, and fraud; she has an altar near the Porta Lavernalis and a sacred grove on the Via Salavia. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8076-8168 | medium | Heracles follows Prometheus' advice; Atlas puts the dragon to sleep, outwits the Hesperides, brings three golden apples, tries to leave Heracles bearing the heavens, and is tricked into resuming his load. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | SATURN. / RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN.; lines 832-898 | high | Because humans multiply, the gods convene an assembly at Mecone to settle sacrifices and worship; Prometheus divides an ox into bones hidden by fat and edible parts hidden under skin and stomach. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9323-9415 | medium | Odysseus is reluctant to leave Ithaca and feigns madness; Palamedes detects the ruse, causing Odysseus to join, and Odysseus later seeks revenge. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9776-9867 | high | Odysseus wounds and disguises himself as an old beggar, enters Troy to find the Palladium, is recognized only by Helen, and gains her as an ally. | 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 is said to bring evil into the Northern world and to be bound underground under snake venom; this is compared with Prometheus's punishment. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 1992-2120 | medium | Odin avoids choosing immediately and says he will give victory to those whom his eyes first rest upon in the morning. | 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 2942-3047 | high | Utgard-Loki tells the gods he used magic, identifies himself as Skrymir, and says a mountain protected his head from Thor's blows, with clefts in it showing Thor's strength. | 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 | Thrym welcomes the party; Thor, as the bride, eats and drinks enormous amounts; Loki explains the bride’s behavior, gaze, and inattention as signs of love. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3495-3611 | medium | Loki and Angur-boda have Fenris, Hel, and Iörmungandr; the monsters grow too large for their cave, and Odin sends Hel to Nifl-heim and Iörmungandr to the sea, where the serpent encircles the earth. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI; lines 3722-3817 | medium | Odin, already wise from runic lore and Mimir's fountain, learns of the draught's power, becomes anxious to obtain it, dons hat and cloak, and travels to Jötun-heim, where he sees nine thralls making hay. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI; lines 3722-3817 | medium | Odin sharpens the nine thralls' scythes with a whetstone, throws the whetstone, and the thralls, competing for it, wound one another and fight until dead or mortally wounded. | 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 | high | Loki conceals the condition of release, later deceives Idun with a story about similar apples, leads her from Asgard with a crystal dish of fruit, and Thiassi seizes her on eagle wings and carries her to Thrymheim. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 4277-4407 | medium | Skadi, Thiassi’s daughter and goddess of winter, comes in armor and winter gear to demand satisfaction for her father’s death; the gods offer a fine, she demands a life, and Loki’s goat antics make her smile. | 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 | medium | Because of fear that frost-giants may use the bridge to enter Asgard, the gods appoint Heimdall guardian; he watches the rainbow highway night and day. | 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 7475-7592 | medium | Odin asks who would refuse to weep for Balder, revealing his identity. The Vala refuses further speech and returns to the tomb’s silence until the end of the world, when Loki breaks his chains and the world falls in flames. | 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 7594-7696 | high | Loki brings a shaft from a wooden stem to Idavold, speaks to blind Hodur, places the mistletoe-shaft in his hand, guides him, and Hodur throws it at Balder, who falls pierced. | 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 XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7978-8048 | medium | The myth is given an ethical interpretation: Balder and Hodur symbolize good and evil, and Loki impersonates the tempter who guides the blind murder hand against Balder. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8051-8171 | high | Loki is described as originally the personification of hearth fire and life, later becoming a combined god-and-devil figure and an originator of deceit among the Æsir. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8051-8171 | high | Loki is described as originally the personification of hearth fire and life, later becoming a combined god-and-devil figure and an originator of deceit among the Æsir. | 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 | Loki carries the boy to sea, conceals him as a tiny egg in a flounder's roe, accompanies Skrymsli on a fishing trip, and Skrymsli catches the identical flounder and finds the egg. | 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 | An unknown architect offers to build the fortress for sun, moon, and Freya; Loki urges a bargain requiring completion in one winter with only the horse Svadilfare as help. | 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 | Ægir, god of the sea, invites the grieving gods to a banquet in his coral caves at the bottom of the sea; Balder and Loki are absent at first. | 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 | medium | 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 8658-8742 | medium | A lady sends her groom to test the story; trolls offer him a drink from a gold-mounted, rune-decorated horn; he takes the horn, throws away the drink, and escapes pursuing trolls by crossing a stubble field and running water. | 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 8803-8940 | medium | Dwarfs move swiftly, hide behind rocks, repeat overheard final words so that echoes are called dwarfs' talk, and possess a red cap, the Tarnkappe, which makes the wearer invisible and safe from sunlight petrification. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES; lines 9042-9171 | medium | A mortal in a fairy ring may see fairies and gain favor in English belief, but Scandinavian and Teutonic belief says he must die; Sir Olaf/Master Olof is drawn into an elfin dance and three corpses are found the next morning. | 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 | BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11174-11276 | low | The note says the final drink-offering should have gone to Jove or Neptune; it also says Echeneus proposes a drink-offering to Jove and characterizes Mercury as the god of thievishness and rascality likely to be useful to the Phaeacians. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1762-1847 | medium | Helen says Ulysses disguised himself with wounds, bruises, and rags, entered Troy as if a menial or beggar, was recognized by her, received her oath of secrecy, killed Trojans, and obtained information before returning to the Argive camp. | 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 | medium | 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 | BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.; lines 3090-3174 | medium | Ulysses looks about, crosses the threshold, and passes through the court hidden by Minerva's cloak of darkness while Phaeacian chiefs make offerings to Mercury. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3698-3785 | high | Ulysses praises Demodocus's accuracy about the Achaeans' return and asks him to sing of the wooden horse made by Epeus with Minerva's help and filled with the men who sacked Troy. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 3996-4072 | medium | The Cyclops calls Ulysses foolish, denies fearing the gods or Jove, claims Cyclopes are stronger, and asks where the ship is fastened. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 4074-4168 | high | Odysseus cuts about six feet from the Cyclops' green olive-wood club, has it smoothed, points and chars it, and hides it under dung in the cave. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 4074-4168 | high | Odysseus approaches Polyphemus with an ivy-wood bowl of black wine, saying it was meant as a drink-offering in hope that Polyphemus would show compassion and send him home. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 4074-4168 | high | "my name is Noman" | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 4170-4268 | medium | Ulysses devises a plan: male sheep with heavy black fleece are bound in threes, with a man under the middle sheep; Ulysses hides under the belly of a fine ram by gripping its fleece. | 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 | medium | Ulysses is glad to find himself in his own country but does not speak the truth and makes up a lying story. | 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 | BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6196-6288 | medium | Ulysses swears by king Jove, the rites of hospitality, and Ulysses' hearth that Ulysses will return within the year and take vengeance on those mistreating his wife and son; he refuses reward until this occurs. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6290-6372 | medium | After seven years in Egypt, a Phoenician described as cunning persuades the speaker to go to Phoenicia and later places him on a ship for Libya under a false pretense, intending to sell him as a slave. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6466-6544 | medium | Ulysses thinks he will see whether Eumaeus will take off his own cloak and give it to him or make one of his men give him one. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6834-6930 | medium | Cunning Phoenician traders, described as great mariners, arrive in a freighted ship; they get hold of and seduce a tall Phoenician servant while she is washing near their ship. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII; lines 7528-7613 | medium | Ulysses throws a shabby tattered wallet over his shoulders, receives a stick from Eumaeus, and follows him in rags, looking like a broken-down old tramp leaning on a staff. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 762-849 | medium | Antinous calls Telemachus insolent, denies the suitors are to blame, and says Telemachus’s mother is artful and has deceived the suitors for nearly four years. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII; lines 7717-7818 | medium | Ulysses goes around from left to right, stretching out his hands as though a real beggar; some suitors pity him and ask who he is and where he came from. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII; lines 7971-8072 | medium | Book XVIII opens with a common tramp named Arnaeus, called Irus, who begs around Ithaca and insults Ulysses, trying to drive him from the doorway of his own house. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII; lines 8177-8277 | high | Telemachus tells Penelope that the stranger defeated Irus and wishes Jove, Minerva, and Apollo would make all the suitors as helpless as Irus at the outer gate. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII; lines 8177-8277 | high | The narrator says Ulysses was glad to hear Penelope trying to get presents from the suitors and flattering them with fair words that he knew she did not mean. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX; lines 8452-8531 | high | Penelope describes setting up a large frame, claiming she must finish a pall for Laertes before remarriage, working by day, and undoing the stitches by torchlight at night for three years. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX; lines 8452-8531 | high | Ulysses asks Penelope not to seek his race and family, saying such memories would increase his sorrow and that continual grieving in another's house is improper. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 851-936 | medium | Penelope was seen "working on her great web all day long," and at night she would "unpick the stitches again by torchlight." | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX; lines 8620-8703 | medium | Autolycus is described as the most accomplished thief and perjurer; Mercury endowed him with this gift and enjoyed his companionship because of offerings of thigh bones of goats and kids. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX / BOOK XXI; lines 9416-9503 | medium | Servants wash guests' hands, pages mix wine and water, drink-offerings are made, and Ulysses craftily begins to speak. | record |
| Sufi | The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí | THE GIFTS OF THE BELOVED / THE WISDOM OF THE WEAK / WHITE NIGHTS / SAINT AND HYPOCRITE; lines 2045-2064 | medium | A fowler sounds a decoy whistle; birds mistake it for a bird-call, descend from the air, and find a net and knife. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | BOOK II. / Canto I. The Heir Apparent. / Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot.; lines 10821-10989 | medium | Kaikeyi asks Manthara for a sure plan so Bharata may gain the empire and Rama may be sent to the woods; Manthara begins plotting Rama’s fall. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto III. The Argument. / Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. / Canto VI. The King. / Canto VII. The Ministers.; lines 1896-1945 | medium | The agreed plan sends damsels dressed in holy hermits’ weed, skilled in blandishment and amorous wiles, to seduce the unsuspecting young recluse away from his father’s cell. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. / Canto VI. The King. / Canto VII. The Ministers. / Canto IX. Rishyasring.; lines 1951-2125 | high | Sumantra recounts a priest’s plan for King Lomapad: because the hermit’s child lives alone in the wild and knows no women, young women in hermit dress will awaken desire and draw him to the king. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. / Canto VI. The King. / Canto VII. The Ministers. / Canto IX. Rishyasring.; lines 2126-2229 | medium | Rishyaśring says visitors wound soft arms around his neck, held him to their breasts, sang, danced, and played with glances and brows. | 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 | Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation.; lines 28687-28811 | medium | Rāma tells Śūrpaṇakhā that Sītā is his true wife and that Lakṣmaṇ is unmarried, heroic, and suitable for her embrace. | 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 | Vatapi used magic to make heedless saints eat his flesh and then burst from within them; he later tried this on Agastya. | 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 | Maricha plans that Sita may send her guard away and Ravana seize her; he calls, “Ho, Sítá, Lakshmaṇ,” in a tone like Rama’s own. | 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 32344-32478 | medium | Lakshman says he cannot leave Sita in the wild wood before Rama returns with the deer because Rama entrusted Sita to him as a precious pledge. | 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 32481-32639 | high | Sītā is deceived by the stranger’s saintly look and Brahman guise, gives him attention as a guest, offers a seat, water for his feet, and woodland food. | 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 | medium | “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 | medium | Rávaṇ’s gentle garb is cast aside; his fiery eyes, gold ornaments, crimson robes, ten faces, twenty arms, and giant height are displayed. | 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 | medium | Rama fears Lakshman may have heard Maricha’s dying cry, spoken in Rama’s voice, and left Sita; Rama recalls that the seeming deer Maricha drew him far from home. | 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 LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787); lines 44922-45050 | medium | The figure rejects Hanuman’s promise to return and tells him to enter her mouth before continuing his journey. | 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 XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy. / Canto XLI. The Ruin Of The Grove. / Canto XLII. The Giants Roused.; lines 47127-47225 | medium | “Whose envoy, whence, and who is he, / Why has he come to talk with thee?” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love. / Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms. / Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage.; lines 4713-4843 | medium | Bali gains dominion over Indra and the three worlds; during Bali's sacrifice, the gods and Indra ask Vishṇu to use illusive art and assume a dwarfish form to rescue them. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha. / Canto LIII. The Punishment. / Canto LVI. Mount Arishta. / Canto LVIII. The Feast Of Honey.; lines 48016-48072 | medium | Their feast grows merry; they become drunk with sweets, dance, sing, laugh, climb, leap, chatter, and knock down branches. | 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 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 XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579 | medium | Vibhishaṇ looks at the fallen brothers, touches their eyes with dew-wet fingers, and laments that mighty chiefs have been brought low by stealth. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53515-53681 | high | Mahodar advises proclaiming that four famed warriors with Kumbhakarna will kill Rama; if they fail, they should return bloodied, display arrows marked with Rama's name, and say the princes were devoured. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES.; lines 57936-58038 | high | In the dwarf avatar Vishnu asks Bali for land he can pace in three steps, then expands to fill the world and takes heaven and earth in two steps, leaving Patala to Bali. | 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 6291-6393 | medium | Vishnu uses illusive aid to remove the Amrit from sight, strikes his foes, and Aditi’s race defeats Diti’s brood; Indra then reigns over the three worlds. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1014-1098 | medium | A lively youth is imagined asking whether to make justice his high tower or fortify himself with crooked deceit; he resolves to turn to appearance, show virtue, and trail the fox of Archilochus. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10460-10547 | medium | Gyges finds that “when he turned the collet inwards he became invisible, when outwards he reappeared.” | record |
| Greek | The Republic | INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 8895-9111 | medium | Socrates infers that a good keeper is a good thief and cites Homer on Autolycus: “excellent above all men in theft and perjury.” | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM; lines 10912-11004 | medium | Hassan-Sebbah thinks Nizam's ruin is assured. Nizam realizes the danger, plans to counter the scheme, and gives large sums of money to a faithful favorite, relying on the corruptibility of Hassan's confidant. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 13863-14050 | high | The speaker discusses Ramazan eating, wine-animated society, rejection of a penitent’s counsel, adoration of wine, and a rose-season desire to infringe Koranic law with fair companions and rose-colored wine. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 9209-9426 | medium | Khayyam advises consorting with revellers, casting down the gates of abstinence and prayer, drinking, even robbing, but being kind. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 9428-9661 | medium | The speaker sees a debauchee in a lone waste with no home, faith, heresy, God, truth, law, or certitude; the note calls him an antinomian Sufi. | 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 10477-10616 | medium | Cuchulain says Ferdiad came because of Ailill and Medb's instigation, false promises, deceitful terms, and the maiden; many good men have been slain because of such promises, and Ferdiad too will fall by Cuchulain's hand. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14695-14801 | medium | Two women lampoonists, Fethan and Collach, come from the men of Erin and feign weeping over Cuchulain, telling him of Ulster's defeat and the deaths of Conchobar and Fergus. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15342-15479 | medium | Cuchulain kills the two women lampoonists Fethan and Collach; they had come from Medb to feign lamentation over him so that his wounds might burst and to report Ulster defeat and Fergus's fall. | 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 1819-1952 | medium | The leaders decide Fergus should seek tidings ahead because he had been seven years king in Ulster, then left after Conchobar's usurpation and the murder of the sons of Usnech, and lived away from Ulster in exile and enmity. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Theogony ll. 507-616 | high | "For when the gods and mortal men had a dispute at Mecone... Prometheus was forward to cut up a great ox and set portions before them, trying to befool the mind of Zeus." | record |
| Maya/Kiche | The Popol Vuh | The Second Book, Hero Twins in Xibalba | high | The twins cross the river of blood and river Papuhya, expose wooden decoys, avoid the red-hot stone, pass the House of Gloom, and beat the Xibalbans at ball. | record |
| Norse | The Poetic Edda | Vafthruthnismol 1-8 | medium | Othin goes to test the giant's wisdom, enters the hall, and greets Vafthruthnir. | record |