FISHES, AND PARTICULARLY THE PIKE, THE SACRED FISH OR FISH OF ST PETER, THE CARP, THE MELWEL, THE HERRING, THE EEL, THE LITTLE GOLDFISH, THE SEA-URCHIN, THE LITTLE PERCH, THE BREAM, THE DOLPHIN, AND THE WHALE, 329 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 and the hogs.--Porcus and upodaras.--The wild boar god in India and in Persia.--Tydoeus, the wild boar.--The wild boar of Erymanthos.--The wild boar of Meleagros.--The Vedic monster w…
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