a demigod is oftener joined to a demibeast than a demiman

In one sense or another, each of the stories is about the creation of private fictions, reshapings of the world in order to make it walkable.

I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs By the known rules of antient libertie, When strait a barbarous noise environs me Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs

So on the sea she shall be set adrift.