Subject: Wooden spirits in Orlando Furioso From: Alexx.Kay@samba.acs.unc.edu (Alexx Kay) Date: 1991-03-01, 16:35 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Canto VI of the OF features a witch named Alcina, who ensnares knights with her beauty (much like the widow Milford), and when she tires of them: "And, lest her disappointed lovers spread Report of this lascivious life of hers, She plants them in a very different bed, Converting them to palm trees or to firs, Or olive-trees, or cedars, or instead, The lesser status of a bush confers, Or turns them into animals or streams, Or any form that pleasing to her seems." Personally, I think there's more to be found in the dryad connection than in the Furioso, but I thought you'd appreciate the quote. Alexx "Sometimes an owl is just an owl."