The Golden Ass: Book 11 story
Lucius the ass returns to human form with the help of the goddess Isis and lives happily ever after.
9 total · 3 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| finding religion | major | Lucius was joyfully initiated into the priesthood of Isis. |
| what if I turned into an animal | major | Lucius the ass reverted back into human form after eating some roses that the goddess Isis had arranged for him to find in an act of divine intervention. |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | Lucius the ass finally returned to human form after devouring a garland of roses. |
| Ancient Egyptian mythology | minor | The goddess Isis intervened to help Lucius the ass return to human form. Lucius described Osiris as the invincible father of all the gods. |
| Ancient Roman mythology | minor | Lucius the ass cited the following Roman gods Venus, Ceres, Diana, Proserpine, etc. in his prayer to the Queen of Heaven. |
| divine visitation | minor | Lucius had a cryptic dream-prophesy that he interpreted to mean that some good fortune would fall on him. And so it happened the very next day that the servants he'd left behind in Hypata returned to him with his horse. |
| miracle | minor | Lucius the ass' transformation was attributed to have been a miracle mediated by Isis. |
| religious festival | minor | Lucius the Ass attended an ostentatious religious procession in honor of the goddess Isis. |
| religious occupation | minor | A priest had a revelation from Isis in which he was told to prepare a garland of roses for Lucius the ass to devour. |