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This is the story of a named Penelope, who is the victim of a curse placed on a wealthy family by a witch. After generations ago, a witch placed a curse on the Wilhern family that would result in the next girl being born into the clan having the face of a pig. The otherwise-normal girl Penelope is forced to endure life with a pig's snout instead of a conventional nose, which has sent many a potential suitor running off into the streets, shouting in terror. Eventually, she runs away from her sheltered existence and overprotective parents, to explore the world on her own. As she meets new friends and a potential lover who doesn't run away, she begins to discover happiness - while all the while her parents believe the only way she can be happy is through an arranged marriage, which will hopefully break her curse. |
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Primary sources
- Ovid, Heroides I
- Homer, Odyssey
- Lactantius Placidus, Commentarii in Statii Thebaida
Etymology
The origin of her name is Pre-Greek and is more likely related to the Hesychius' gloss πηνέλο?/*πηνέλω? "some kind of bird" [3] (arbitrarily identified today with Eurasian Wigeon), where -έλω? is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals [4], however the semantic relation between the proper name and the gloss is not clear (Penelope was also the name of a bird-like ancient deity). In folk etymology, Πηνελόπη is usually understood to combine the Greek word for "web" or "woof" (πήνη / pene), and the word for "eye" or "face" (ὤ? / ōps), which is considered the most appropriate for a weaver of cunning whose motivation is hard to decipher[5], or alternatively πήνη and λέπω "peel, skive" (akin to leper) due to the shroud-unbraiding part of her myth.
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