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The Thunderer's Wives
Taygete, one of the starry sisters known as the Pleiades, caught the attention of Zeus. Terrified of his pursuit, Taygete fled into the wild places of the earth. To save her, Artemis transformed Taygete into a doe, hiding her from Zeus’s grasp.
In mythology, Taygete’s escape speaks of resistance—the rare story where flight, not submission, defines a legacy.
This song captures the breathless, desperate freedom of Taygete: the spirit of escape, transformation, and untamed will.
The Doe Who Fled
I ran through woods, I ran through stone
Where no light dared, I ran alone
His voice like thunder on my skin—
A hunt I could not let begin
No vow, no prayer could slow the chase—
Only the wild could shield my face
The doe who fled, the hunter’s cry
I turned to wind, I turned to sky
Through shattered leaves, through broken breath—
I ran from gods who called me death
Artemis heard, her bow was sworn
She wrapped me in the antlered form
No lips to kiss, no hand to bind—
Only the hoof, the fleeing mind
No stars could hide, no streams could save—
I wore the forest as my grave
The doe who fled, the hunter’s cry
I turned to wind, I turned to sky
Through shattered leaves, through broken breath—
I ran from gods who called me death
Now in the woods, my shadow stays
A ghost that bounds through endless days
Yet though he sought, yet though he swore—
I was the one he never tore
TAYGETE: “Not all who flee are lost. Some are simply free.”
The doe who fled, the hunter’s cry
The trees still whisper as I fly
No god could chain, no king could hold—
The spirit in the forest’s soul
Through endless green, through endless sigh—
The doe who fled will never die