Once upon a time, a god fell in love with a mortal woman.
Ah. You nod. You’ve heard this tale before? Well, many tales start that way.
So this god went to this woman’s house, and appeared before her in all his godly splendour. She greeted him kindly and invited him in.
This might have been unwise – there are many vile beings that can not enter a dwelling unbidden – but she did so, and offered him wine.
The god smelled the wine, wrinkled his beautiful nose, and waved his fingers over his cup, and hers, to make it a perfect vintage.
He smiled. “I am, as you see, a god.”
She smiled back, though not as widely, and put her cup down.
“I come to take you away,” he said.