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METAMORPHOSES
Vaddhana Devi, adapted from the story of Psyche

• surtitle text:
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• Princess Vaddhana Devi and her ladies-in-waiting go to pray.
• The goddess Raki is jealous of Vaddhana Devi’s beauty.
• Raki summons her son, the god Samiddha.
• Shoot an arrow at Vaddhana Devi so that she falls in love with the monster Sambali.
• Samiddha leaves to carry out his mission.
• The bird Sambali rejoices at the idea of having a wife.
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• Sambali’s residence.
• We share your pain, my daughter, for we love you so much.
• Sambali, the baleful bird which desires me to be his wife!
• My heart longs for you.
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• Do not desire me! I do not love you!
• When about to loose his arrow, Samiddha discovers the beautiful lady’s face, and abandons his mission.
• Moved by Vaddhana Devi’s beauty, the god Samiddha falls in love with her.
• I am transformed into a golden man to rescue the beautiful lady.
• Samiddha regains his divine appearance and continues the combat.
• The Kennoris, half-women/half-birds, are sent by Samiddha to search for Vaddhana Devi in the forest.
• The Kennoris take the princess to the god’s residence.
• The more I look at you, the more I love you.
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• Wake, my lady!
• She wakes to the melodious sounds made by the man of gold.
• They fall in love.
• She asks the golden man to bring her two sisters.
• I cannot wait to see my sisters.
• I will bring you them.
• We are very angry!
• Why has the golden man fallen in love with our sister? Let us end this love.
• My dear sisters!
• The golden man is a base man! You must kill him and return with us.
• The following night, Vaddhana Devi enters the golden man’s room to kill him.
• But she discovers a handsome god!
• How dare you betray me?
• The peacock offers a fruit to the distraught princess.
• The deer shows her a pond so that she may quench her thirst.
• The goddess Raki sets off to meet the princess in order to lay a trap for her.
• What are you doing alone in this forest?
• I am looking for my beloved; I am expecting his child.
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• Take this box. You may open it only when you find him.
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• The god Samiddha revives Vaddhana Devi with sacred water.
• I will ask the god Indra to bless our couple.
• Indra is calling you.
• Indra orders festivities.
• My heart is filled with happiness when I see these flowers.
• In this garden of paradise the senses are heightened.
• We braid garlands of flowers to attire ourselves.
• Indra blesses the couple and their child.
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• Vaddhana Devi becomes a goddess.

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