Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER V.

THE HOG, THE WILD BOAR, AND THE HEDGEHOG.

SUMMARY.

The hog as a hero disguise.--The disguises of the hero and of the heroine.--Ghoshâ, the leprous maiden.--The moon in the well.--Apâlâ cured by Indras.--Apâlâ has the dress of a hog.--Godhâ, the persecuted maiden in a hog's dress.--The hogs eat the apples in the maiden's stead.--The meretricious Circe...