I actually think this is a much of myths. I can see the one about Orpheus and Eurydice, but there are many more:
the part in the song about wishing to change someone into a raging river is like the myth of Alpheus and Arethusa, in which Athena changes Arethusa into a river to escape Alpheus;
the myth of Bauchis and Philemone in which they're turned into trees by the gods for their hospitality;
the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe in which there literally is a wall that separates them;
and finally the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, in which he made a statue of the most beautiful woman, he fell in love with it.
I actually think this is a much of myths. I can see the one about Orpheus and Eurydice, but there are many more:
the part in the song about wishing to change someone into a raging river is like the myth of Alpheus and Arethusa, in which Athena changes Arethusa into a river to escape Alpheus;
the myth of Bauchis and Philemone in which they're turned into trees by the gods for their hospitality;
the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe in which there literally is a wall that separates them;
and finally the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, in which he made a statue of the most beautiful woman, he fell in love with it.
Phew.
I too remembered most of these myths when listening to the song. Did Galatea break though, in Pygmalion and Galatea, once the gods made her real?
I too remembered most of these myths when listening to the song. Did Galatea break though, in Pygmalion and Galatea, once the gods made her real?
No, she lived fine in all the versions I've read.
No, she lived fine in all the versions I've read.