Undine Rising from the Waters by Chauncey Bradley Ives 1884

January 06, 2020

Undine Rising from the Waters by Chauncey Bradley Ives 1884

"There is a story about a different beginning. It tells of a queen who resided there and sank into the earth. It was a water woman who resided there. She went into the mountain, under the pond that was above her, in her region. There she took her abode, and for making love, she built a gallery, for her to get to the lads and they to her. Such strange things happened there that nobody was able to report about these beings, what they were or where they were from, until it came to an end. It is quite possible that this could happen again should another nymph come, equal to her. How often does it not happen that a man is amazingly superior to others, and then for many years there is nobody equal to him. Thus a special portent occurred about the nymphs, was called the Venusberg, after the idol of unchastity. Many such strange stories have happened on earth, but they have been greatly despised. Yet, it should not be, because no such thing occurs without great attention being paid to it. Hence, they should not be despised. There is no need of writing about it here."

-Paracelsus (1493-1541). Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus (p. 236). Johns Hopkins University Press. Kindle Edition.