| 单词 | swan-wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswan-wife 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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