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Beauty and the Beast,
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The White Cat,
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Little Red Riding Hood, etc., yet very popular amongst others than the juvenile section of the population, point in a similar direction. These stories are no mere modern inventions. Mr. Cox regards
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Beauty and the Beast but as one form of the Greek myth
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Erôs and Psychê. One of the favourite feats of the celebrated British magician, Merlin, was the conversion of men into beasts. Cæsar says:
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It is especially the object of the Druids to inculcate this--that souls do not perish, but, after death, pass into other bodies; and they consider that, by this belief more than anything else, men may be led to cast away the fear of death, and to become courageous. Shakspere has several remarkable references to this superstition, one of which is quoted at the head of this chapter. Another instance occurs in _Hamlet_, in the scene where Ophelia, in her mental aberration, quotes snatches of old ballads. She says,
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They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but we know not what we may be. God be at your table.