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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1916-1995 | high | The sea roars on rocks, channels boil, and Anchises identifies the danger as Charybdis from Helenus' prophecy; Palinurus steers left, the ships are lifted and dropped, and cliffs cry out three times. | 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 4862-4943 | high | Umbro, Marruvian priest sent by King Archippus, wears olive leaves, charms vipers and water-snakes, but cannot heal a Dardanian spear wound with charms or herbs; woods and waters weep for him. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5518-5602 | medium | The Queen is fashioned pale with death’s shadow, borne by waves and north-west wind; the mourning Nile opens his folds to receive conquered people into his streams. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6835-6903 | medium | Juno, daughter of Saturn, snaps the hawser, and the ship separates from its cable and runs out on the ebbing tide. | 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 7534-7584 | high | Metabus reaches lonely woodland while enemies surround him, and the rain-swollen Amasenus foams with overflowing banks. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4276-4375 | medium | Stormy weather drives the ship off course; the captain realizes they are in a dangerous spot, a current sweeps them toward a mountain, and the ship is dashed on rocks after the people scramble ashore with valuables. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4377-4474 | high | The mountain bounds the island on the seaward side; the rocky shore is strewn with shipwrecks, mariners' bones, merchandise, and treasure. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988 | medium | The drum summons a fourfold army, the milk-bowl produces a mighty river that traps the king’s forces, and the hatchet brings the king’s head to the man’s feet. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL; lines 1336-1394 | high | A horrible goblin lives in a forest pool; he is large, black, monkey-like, sharp-toothed, has gills instead of a nose, and cannot leave the water. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL; lines 1336-1394 | medium | The man pulls up a long reed from the bank, cuts off its ends, puts one end in the water, and sucks water through it into his mouth. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2303-2409 | high | Goibniu is healed in the well; Octriallach orders the Fomor to throw stones into the well of Slaine until it dries up and a cairn is raised over it. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509 | medium | Indech falls; the Morrigu enters, heartens the Tuatha de Danaan, takes both hands full of Indech's blood to the armies at the ford of Unius, and the place is named the Ford of Destruction. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3388-3493 | medium | Eochaid Feidlech sees Etain at the side of a well with a gold-and-silver comb, a silver basin with golden birds and purple stones, shining garments, and yellow-gold hair. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN / CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE; lines 4450-4532 | high | Ciabhan and Cliodna get into a curragh and come to Teite's Strand in southern Ireland; the strand is said to be named after Teite Brec, who went there for a wave game with three times fifty girls, all of whom drowned. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS; lines 6557-6658 | medium | While Finn washes at the well, a voice from the water says Finn must return the cauldron to the King of the Floods or give battle instead. | 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 10349-10471 | medium | Failing to find the soul in the head-doctor's box, people may suppose he swallowed it, hold him up by the heels to empty out the soul, and pour head-washing water on the patient's head to restore the soul. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3437-3584 | high | Labraid asks Cuchulain to stay his hand from slaying; Laeg fears Cuchulain may turn his wrath on them and calls for three vats of cold water, the first to boil over, the second to become unbearably hot, and the third to become moderately hot. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 | high | Thetis threw her children by Peleus into a cauldron of water to learn where they were mortal; many perished before Peleus stopped her from throwing Achilles in. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621 | medium | Eumelus says Aegaeon was the son of Earth and Sea, dwelt in the sea, and was an ally of the Titans. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621 | medium | The author of the War of the Titans is said to be the first to tell that Heracles sailed across the sea in a cauldron. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 1079-1154 | medium | The passage imagines Homer’s immortal spirit in another heaven looking down on later nations making pilgrimages to a fountain caused to flow by his magic wand and seeing later great works brought into being by his songs. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1471-1552 | medium | Homer's verse is described as easy as if transcribed from the Muses' dictation, vigorous like a trumpet, and rolling like a plentiful river or tide. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25077-25187 | medium | “like a rock unmovd” that braves “tempest” and “rising waves.” | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5684-5812 | high | Tydides ranges through Greek and Trojan ranks, drives armies back, and is compared to torrents and rain that overwhelm fields, bridges, harvests, and vineyards. | 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 | With no boats available, Kotei camps, sits beside a pond, watches autumn leaves float, and sees a spider get onto a leaf and float across the water. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 983-1099 | medium | Urashima says goodbye, finds a large tortoise waiting at the seashore, rides it over the shining sea into the East, and looks toward his own land. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE MERCHANT OF SERI / THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING / THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT / THE SANDY ROAD; lines 608-698 | high | “There must be water somewhere below, or that grass would not be there.” | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE MERCHANT OF SERI / THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING / THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT / THE SANDY ROAD; lines 608-698 | medium | The men drink, water the oxen, bathe, split spare yokes and axles for firewood, cook rice, rest, and set a flag on the well for travelers to see. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10946-11134 | medium | A butcher is sought across multiple lands and even in Tuoni's empire and Manala, but the search is unsuccessful. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15276-15453 | medium | Lemminkainen says he will sing the serpent’s origin, names Suoyatar as its ancient mother and creator, and begins with Suoyatar’s spittle falling upon ocean waves and being rocked for years by winds and waters. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16516-16685 | medium | He launches and sings the vessel to the ocean, asking eagle and raven for magic feathers to protect the vessel from floundering. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220 | high | Ilmarinen sings in rage, splitting rocks and making hills echo, and sings the maiden into a sea-gull calling from ocean-ledges, islands, rocks, and sea-coast. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23032-23209 | high | A maiden walks through the ether carrying a wool-box and hair-box, throws wool on the ocean and hair on the rivers, and winds and waters carry them to a forest-covered island. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23564-23746 | low | At a broad river, Wainamoinen begins building a vessel with Ilmarinen’s aid, shaping rowlocks, oars, and rudder from oak, pine, and aspen. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24923-25115 | medium | Mariatta asks the silver Sun where her holy child is hidden; the Sun says the child created it, made the Moon and Stars attend it, and reveals the child is hidden to the belt in water among reeds and rushes. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | high | Water is second only to air in reverence; Finland has sacred lake and river names, some Finlanders offer goats and calves to sacred waters, and Ugrian clans sacrifice reindeer to the river Ob. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | INTO ENGLISH / DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.; lines 72-152 | medium | The contents include 'Ilmarinen forges the Sampo,' 'Capture of the Sampo,' and 'The Sampo lost in the Sea.' | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10502-10646 | medium | Solomon has the throne altered to test the queen’s guidance; she says it is as though it were the same. She enters the palace, mistakes the glass pavement for a lake of water, is told it is glass, and declares submission to God with Solomon. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12642-12768 | high | Noah is told by revelation that no more will believe except current believers; he is commanded to build the Ark under divine oversight and not plead for those to be drowned. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12642-12768 | high | The Ark moves amid waves like mountains; Noah calls his son to embark, but the son seeks a mountain against the water, and a wave separates them so he is drowned. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19679-19788 | medium | Saul marches with his forces and says God will test them by a river; those who drink are not of his band, except one hand-drink, and most drink. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Mary conceives and retires; birth pangs come by a palm-tree. A voice tells her not to grieve, points to a streamlet at her feet, tells her to shake the palm for dates, and instructs her to observe silence. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8862-9028 | high | Water is sent down from Heaven, settled on earth, and used to cause gardens of palms and vineyards with fruits to spring forth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8862-9028 | medium | The Son of Mary and his mother are appointed as a sign and given a lofty, quiet abode watered with springs. | 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 11721-11782 | high | Their reward is pardon from the Lord and gardens where rivers flow, remaining there forever. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23869-23958 | medium | Mary conceives, retires to a distant place, experiences childbirth pains near a palm-tree, wishes she had died and been forgotten, and is told from beneath her not to grieve because God has provided a rivulet beneath her. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28143-28208 | high | At the water of Madian, Moses finds men watering flocks and two women holding their sheep back; the women say they must wait until the shepherds leave because their father is old. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER LX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35949-36032 | high | God will forgive sins, introduce believers into gardens through which rivers flow and perpetual habitations, and grant assistance and speedy victory. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701 | high | Caridwen finds and swallows Gwion Bach as a grain, bears him nine months, spares him because of his beauty, wraps him in a leather bag, and casts him into the sea. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 9042-9221 | medium | Taliesin challenges the bards with a noxious creature from the rampart of Satanas, with jaws like the Alps, a green eye, heavy paw-hair, and three springs in its neck linked to brine, rain, and mountain veins. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7247-7354 | medium | The passage teaches that God may humble sinners, grant humility, and that sorrowful tears, prayer, pity, and mercy are followed by grace and purification. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | high | Phyllius grants the boy birds, a tamed lion, and a subdued bull, but refuses the final request; the boy leaps from a rock, becomes a swan, and Hyrie dissolves in tears to form a lake. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | medium | At Pirenian Ephyre, ancient people said that in early ages mortal bodies were produced from mushrooms springing from rain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | medium | The Ialysian Telchines have eyes that corrupt everything by looking, and Jupiter thrusts them beneath his brother's waves. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11572-11581 | medium | Footnote 73 identifies Polypemon as Procrustes, slain by Theseus, and states that Halcyone, daughter of Scyron's son, was thrown into the sea by her father and changed into a kingfisher. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11895-11971 | medium | The infection comes into fountains and lakes; many serpents wander over uncultivated fields and taint rivers with venom. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2389-2453 | medium | Syrinx rejects Pan's suit, flees through pathless places, reaches the sandy river Ladon, is stopped by the waters, and prays to her watery sisters to change her. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4522-4606 | high | Herodotus' story: Psammeticus receives an oracle that brass men from the sea will restore him; Ionian soldiers with brass arms arrive, and he recovers his throne with their help. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4913-5002 | medium | Semele requests an unnamed favor; Jupiter replies, 'Make thy choice, thou shalt suffer no denial,' and invokes the Stygian stream as witness. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135 | medium | Tiresias is famed for unerring answers. Liriope, encircled and violated by Cephisus's waters, gives birth to Narcissus. Asked whether Narcissus will reach old age, Tiresias answers that he will if he never recognizes himself; later events confirm the prophecy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6855-6931 | medium | Iris purifies Juno with sprinkled water; Tisiphone departs with a bloody torch, blood-red cloak, twisted snakes, and the attendants Mourning, Fright, Terror, and Madness. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7081-7175 | medium | Phryxus and Helle flee by ship; Helle dies during the passage; Athamas kills Learchus and pursues Ino, who leaps with Melicerta from a rock into the sea; Ino and Melicerta are said to become sea deities, and Melicerta is linked with worship, child sacrifice, and games. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 | high | Danaë is confined after Acrisius hears a prophecy about her child; Jupiter is said to seduce her as a shower of gold, while a rationalizing account says Prœtus bribed guards with gold; Danaë bears Perseus, and mother and child are exposed in a boat, reach Seriphus, and are received by Polydectes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2152-2232 | medium | Acheloüs conceals his rustic features and mutilated horn among the waves; the head injury is covered with willow branches or reeds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963 | high | Fable summary: Bacchus punishes the Thracian women and leaves Thrace; intoxicated Silenus is brought to Midas, Midas returns him to Bacchus, receives the gold-touch favor, suffers from it, and later bathes in the Pactolus, giving the river golden sands. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276 | high | Æsacus hurls himself from a wave-worn rock into the sea; Tethys pities him, receives him softly, covers him with feathers, and prevents him from obtaining the death he seeks. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452 | high | Neleus is described as son of Neptune, who assumed the form of the river Enipeus to deceive Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9401-9443 | medium | Aurora, intent on her own sorrows, sheds tears of affection and sprinkles them as dew over the world. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9935-10029 | high | The Cyclop pursues and hurls a fragment torn from the mountain; even the extreme angle of the rock completely crushes Acis. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI; lines 4896-4988 | high | Verses say: "asceticism is an alchemy which changes dust into God" and compare the mystic to "a drop" falling into the sea. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 | medium | Polyphemus, a man-eating Cyclops blinded and outwitted by Odysseus, loves Galatea; when she prefers Acis, Polyphemus kills Acis with a rock, and Acis' blood forms a named stream. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 4043-4125 | medium | Dionysus tells Midas to bathe in the river Pactolus to lose the power; Midas obeys and is freed, and the river sands thereafter contain grains of gold. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4825-4914 | medium | In despair Psyche throws herself into a river, but the waters carry her to the opposite bank, where Pan receives and consoles her. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8170-8264 | high | Heracles woos Deianeira and fights Achelous, a river-god and rival suitor who changes forms; after Achelous becomes a bull, Heracles breaks off a horn and wins. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. / THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE.; lines 9018-9107 | medium | A drought affects Alcmaeon's adopted land; Delphi's oracle says any land sheltering him will be cursed until he reaches a country not existing when he murdered his mother, so he leaves his wife and son. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 986-1079 | high | Zeus brings Leto to Delos, a floating Aegean island made stationary with adamant chains, where she gives birth to Apollo and Artemis. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11342-11475 | high | Helgé summons witches named Heid and Ham and orders them to use incantations to raise a tempest that even Ellida cannot survive; accompanying verse describes darkness, thunder, lightning, and boiling ocean. | 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 12651-12759 | medium | Magni, Thor’s son, shows strength at three hours old by lifting Hrungnir’s leg from Thor; Thor’s appetite at Thrym’s feast is compared with Mercury’s first meal; Thor’s crossing of Veimer is compared with Jason wading across a torrent on the way to Pelias to recover his father’s throne. | 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 explains the hidden identities of the contests: Logi as wild fire, Hugi as thought, the drinking horn as connected to the ocean, the cat as the Midgard snake, and Elli as old age. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592 | medium | Nott, daughter of Norvi, is given a dark chariot drawn by Hrim-faxi, whose mane scatters dew and hoarfrost on the earth. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11059-11172 | medium | Irrigation near Trapani is described as water drawn from wells by a mule turning a bucket wheel. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1950-2039 | high | Proteus recounts Ajax's wreck at Gyrae, his boast that the gods could not drown him, Neptune's splitting of the rock with a trident, and Ajax's drowning in salt water. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384 | medium | Calypso is at her loom in a cave with a hearth fire, cedar and sandalwood smoke, surrounding trees, nesting birds, grapevine, four running streams, violets, and herbage; Mercury admires the place. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4783-4874 | medium | At sunset the ship reaches Oceanus and the land and city of the Cimmerians, a place of mist, darkness, and unpierced by sunlight; the crew beaches the ship and follows Oceanus to Circe's indicated place. | record |
| Sufi | Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES / XVIII; lines 3472-3550 | high | Hafiz boards the ship, but a violent storm arises before departure; he disembarks under a farewell pretext and quickly returns to Shiraz. | record |
| Sufi | Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | NOTES / XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII; lines 3678-3763 | high | Sa’di’s tomb and hermitage stand near the source of the Ruknabad in a garden with washing basins; citizens visit, eat, wash garments in the river, and return at sunset. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22780-22932 | high | Bharadvāja answers that Chitrakūṭa stands less than four leagues away; north is the Mandākinī, and between river and hill is Rāma’s leafy cot where the princely pair of brothers live; he tells Bharat to lead the army south. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned.; lines 23974-24121 | medium | Bharata says Dasaratha died after Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana left to keep the vow; he asks Rama to pay water rites, since the gift from beloved hands remains fresh in the spirit-world. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 51281-51416 | medium | “’Tis Vishṇu’s self who comes to storm / Thy city, clothed in Ráma’s form; / For ... no mortal hand / The ocean with a bridge has spanned.” | 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 | Wind, red lightning, shaking mountains, rising waves, and uprooted seaside trees create a violent disturbance. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57839-57896 | medium | Time reports Brahma’s message: Rama/Vishnu had formed Brahma from a lotus from his navel while sleeping on the ocean, had undertaken preservation, destroyed Ravana to deliver mankind, and may now prolong his earthly stay or ascend to heaven. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 60064-60122 | low | The note reports Father Paolino's idea that Rama's exploit symbolized the sun's course, with Brahma as earth, Vishnu as water, and Vishnu's avatars as blessings brought by fertilizing waters. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 6063-6131 | high | Brahma, arriving with celestial beings, praises Bhagirath and says Sagar's sons have won bliss and heaven and will retain godlike rank as long as the ocean stands by the land. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 6063-6131 | high | Brahma says Ganga will be called Bhagirathi from Bhagirath's name and Tripathaga because her waters fell from heaven and flow through earth and hell, glorifying three paths. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit.; lines 6134-6289 | medium | After a thousand years, a gentle sage with staff and can, lord of the art of healing man, rises from the ocean. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63848-64027 | high | Namuchi and Vritra are demons slain by Indra; Vritra personifies drought and imprisons rain in the cloud. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24483-24572 | high | The souls march in scorching heat to the barren plain of Forgetfulness, without trees or verdure, and camp by the river of Unmindfulness, whose water no vessel can hold. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5857-5941 | high | The souls travel in scorching heat to the plain of Forgetfulness, rest by the river Unmindful, and drink water that causes total forgetfulness if drunk beyond the required amount; Er is prevented from drinking. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3943-4081 | high | Cuchulain is lifted from the chariot and put into three vats of cold water: the first bursts, the second boils with fist-sized bubbles, and the third brings down his wrath. | record |