swan-maiden

High points have consistently included the stirring animation of the swan-maiden ensemble that frames the ballerina.

Born of Ambivalence 2009

But that same night did a dream come to the swan-maiden, and, when she awoke, she cried to her brothers to take heart.

Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

Soon were tidings brought to Decca of the swan-maiden and her three swan-brothers.

Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

His watery parentage, and the storm-god's relationship with a swan-maiden of the Apsarasas (typifying the mists and clouds), and with Freydis the fire queen, are equally obvious: whereas Niafer is plainly a variant of Nephthys, Lady of the

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

Volund, who is the same mysterious person as our Wayland Smith, is seen carrying off a swan-maiden.

Vanishing England 1892

The cross was broken to pieces in order to make way for the building of the old Leeds church hundreds of years ago, but the fragments have been pieced together, and we can see the swan-maiden carried above the head of Volund, her wings hanging down and held by two ropes that encircle her waist.

Vanishing England 1892

The swan-maiden has also been supposed to summon the dying to her home in the Phaiakian land.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872

He crept up and stole one of these dresses, and by and by the swan-maiden came to him shivering with cold and promising to become his wife if he would only give her back her garment of feathers.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872