
Queer Things 
At the touch of the goddess the 
maiden realized what a dreadful thing 
she had done. In her remorse she 
was about to hang herself. But 
Minerva cried: ‘No, you shall not 
die, but you shall hang by a thread 
and spin and weave all the rest of 
your lite.” : 
She touched her again and the rash 
little maiden was changed into a 
spider. So she spun and wove all 
her days, and ever since her numerous 
descendants have been doing the same 
thing, and because of her they are 
known everywhere as Arachnids. 
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