The epic of creation, which, along with the Bible, forms one of the two pillars of Western culture.

“If the poet’s premonition is not wrong, I declare that I, who have gained immortality through fame, will live forever.”

The Metamorphoses is considered the greatest example of Greco-Roman mythology, not only for its vast content but also for its beautiful writing style.
It could be said that Western medieval culture was formed around two axes: Christianity and Ovid's Metamorphoses.
In that sense, this book preserves intact the cognitive system of ancient Western thought that had not yet been influenced by Christianity.
Meanwhile, it has also become a source of artistic creation that has stimulated the imagination of countless writers, poets, and painters across time.
The rich motifs and poetic imaginations of the world contained in this book will provide the most basic knowledge to those who wish to approach Western humanities.
Furthermore, it will enable a mythical experience that transcends the long period of time between the distant time when the heavens opened and the era when humans first began to live.
─ Lee Yun-gi, from “Translator’s Note”

Everything just changes.
Nothing disappears.
The soul wanders here and there and takes up residence in a suitable form.
It is sometimes in the body of an animal and then inhabits the body of a human, and sometimes in the body of a human and then inhabits the body of an animal.
It just goes around and around like this, it never disappears.

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