Book II

"In the religious history of the Aryan race in Europe the worship of trees has played an important part. Nothing could be more natural. For at the dawn of history Europe was covered with immense primaeval forests, in which the scattered clearings must have appeared like islets in an ocean of green."(Frazer, 131)

Before I delved into book II, I had to turn towards Frazer for some reasoning behind the latest obsession with trees and the like...I believe I've found part of the answer.

Book II of The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Cycnus: I find it rather peculiar that Jove would later take Cycnus's form to impregnate Leda, for Cycnus's avian form feared the very essence of Jove, the thunderbolt.

Phoebus: Why would Jove not prove Phoebus wrong, unless the mighty King of the Gods was truely unable to perform the tasks of the sun...



Coronis: The Gods almost seem at times to be more human than those humans around them, Apollo's rage towards Coronis certainly justifies that fact.

Mercury, Herse, Aglaros: Is it here that we derive the 6th deadly sin of Envy, if so, it is another metamorphoses of myth.



Europa & Jove: The female fascination with all things wild(trees, animals) suggests a rather unique sexual pathology.