| 单词 | swan-hero | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasswan-hero  C4.   with reference to the stories in Aryan mythology of supernatural maidens having the power of transforming themselves into swans by means of a robe of swan's feathers or of a magic ring or chain, as  swan-bride,  swan-hero,  swan-maid,  swan-maiden (after German schwanenjungfrau),  swan-wife,  swan-woman;  swan-coat,  swan-ring,  swan-shift (after German schwanenhemd, -ring); also applied to a personage in medieval story, like Lohengrin, accompanied by a swan, as  swan-knight (= knight of the swan, German schwanenritter, French chevalier au cygne). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > 			[noun]		 > fabulous or mythical human > swan-maiden swan-bride1859 swan-maid1859 swan-maiden1859 swan-wife1859 swan-woman1859 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > 			[noun]		 > fabulous or mythical human > swan-maiden > husband of swan-hero1859 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > 			[noun]		 > fabulous or mythical human > swan-maiden > robe or ring of swan-coat1859 swan-ring1859 swan-shift1859 1859    G. W. Dasent tr.  P.C. Asbjørnsen  & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse p. lxi  				Brynhildr and the Valkyries..became swan-maidens. 1862    H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. lxiv. 389 		(note)	  				The smith..fancied his swan-bride had returned. 1865    E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xii. 346 		(note)	  				Three women sit on the shore with their swan-coats beside them, ready to turn into swans and fly away. 1868    S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages 2nd Ser. ix. 298  				These swan-maidens are the houris of the Vedic heaven; receiving to their arms the souls of the heroes. 1868    S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages 2nd Ser. ix. 302  				At one time there is but a single swan-woman, at another the sky is dark with their numerous wings. 1880    J. S. Stallybrass tr.  J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. I. xvi. 427  				The swan-hero forsakes his wife the moment she asks the forbidden question. 1880    J. S. Stallybrass tr.  J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. I. xvi. 427  				Many tales of swan-wives still live among the Norse people. 1880    J. S. Stallybrass tr.  J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. I. xvi. 428  				When they [sc. swan-maidens] bathe in the cooling flood, they lay down on the bank the swan-ring, the swan-shift. 1889    R. B. Anderson tr.  V. Rydberg Teutonic Mythol. 60  				Among these swan-maids was Sif. 1911    Encycl. Brit. XXI. 133/1  				A conclusion, in which the Swan-Knight, Lohengrin, is made Parzival's son. < as lemmas | 
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