Book II

"Sometimes it is the souls of the dead which are believed to animate trees." The Golden Bough p. 114

Here are some reflections from book two of Metamorpheses.

• Phaethon- In short, he demands his fathers chariot and causes amuck in the skies as well as the earth eventually leading to his untimely death.

• Heliades- Phaethons sister who weep his death and become trees at his grave.

• Cycnus- Phaethons kin transformed to a swan despite Joves murdurous bolt.
• Callisto- Another of Jove's virgins who gets pregnant and banished and to a bear by Juno. What a bitch!
• Battus- The man who betrays Mercury and is turned to the "telltale" stone.