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“The Alkonost reproduces by laying eggs on the sea-shore then putting them into the water. The sea is then calm for six or seven days at which point the eggs hatch, bringing a storm. She lives in paradise but goes into our world to deliver a message. Her voice is so sweet that anybody hearing it can forget everything.” (From Wikipedia)
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Should the people always live, or should they die? They had some difficulty in agreeing on this; but finally Old Man said, ‘I will tell you what I will do. I will throw a buffalo chip into the water, and, if it floats, the people die for four days and live again. But, if it sinks, they will die forever.’
So he threw it in, and it floated.
‘No,’ said Old Woman, ‘we will not decide in that way. I will throw in this rock. If it floats, the people will die for four days. If it sinks, the people will die forever.’
Then Old Woman threw the rock out into the water, and it sank to the bottom.
‘There,’ said she, ‘it is better for the people to die forever; for, if they did not die forever, they would never feel sorry for each other, and there would be no sympathy in the world.’
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Zeus takes the form of Artemis in order to seduce Callisto, the most beautiful of her nymphen companions. (Painting by François Boucher; Callisto’s wikipedia page here.)
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When the Sand Will Rise, an animated retelling of an Ancient Slavic myth.
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He flapped away with her, magic apples and all.
(An illustration of Iduna and her Apples)
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“ONCE there was another Sun and another Moon; a different Sun and a different Moon from the ones we see now. Sol was the name of that Sun and Mani was the name of that Moon. But always behind Sol and Mani wolves went; a wolf behind each. The wolves caught on them at last and they devoured Sol and Mani. And then the world was in darkness and cold.”
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