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... > metamorfoosit, muodonmuutokset ~ klassinen mytologia > naispuolisten henkilöiden muodonmuutokset linnuiksi > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (first series) > Alcyone and Ceyx changed into kingfishers: when Alcyone finds the body of her husband Ceyx washed ashore, they are both changed into kingfishers (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 741) > Aeolus closes the cave of winds for seven days to allow the kingfishers to hatch their eggs by the sea

97DD131Aeolus closes the cave of winds for seven days to allow the kingfishers to hatch their eggs by the sea

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