Canens (mythology)
Canens (Latin ; "singer") is a Latin nymph in Roman mythology and the daughter of Ianus and Venilia. Her parents married her to Picus , King of Latium. She was beautiful and sang even more beautifully. Their singing could move mountains and soothe wild animals. She shares this ability with Orpheus .
When the sorceress Kirke desires Picus, but is rejected by him, she turns him into a woodpecker. Canens searches for her husband for six days until she vanishes with grief on the Tiber . They gave this place the name "Canens".
literature
- Emil Aust : Canens . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1474.
- Georg Wissowa : Canens . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 850 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ovid , Metamorphoses 14, 333–334
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14, 336-340
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphosen 14, 416-434