To prevent Philomela from ever proclaiming it, he cut her tongue out, and then returned to his own house. […] Philemon went out into his garden, and plucking some coleworts, a sort of cabbage, brought them in for Baucis to cook for supper. […] Day after day, Narcissus resorted to the fountain, and supplicated the image to come out. […] Here she saw giants who had revolted against Jupiter, and the Titans, who would have turned the gods out of Olympus. […] This prophetess used to go out into the streets and exhort the Thebans.

He formed a man out of clay, and gave it life by means of fire which he stole from heaven. […] Then, aided by her fellow captives, Hecuba murdered the young princes and put out the father’s eyes. […] These slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth on which we live. […] Aske and Embla, the first man and woman, were therefore formed, the man out of an ash, and the woman out of an alder. […] He set out, therefore, mounted on Odin’s horse Sleipnir, which had eight legs and could outstrip the wind.