... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into birds > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (first series) > Alcyone and Ceyx changed into kingfishers: when Alcyone finds the body of her husband Ceyx washed ashore, they are both changed into kingfishers (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 741) > Aeolus closes the cave of winds for seven days to allow the kingfishers to hatch their eggs by the sea