"Pop, pop," sounded in the air, and the two wild geese fell dead among the rushes, and the water was tinged with blood. - Hans Christian Andersen

I can give her no greater power than she has already, the woman said; don’t you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her and how well she has got through the world, barefoot as she is.

How large the world is,

...when a storm was coming on, and they anticipated that a ship might sink, they swam before it, and sang most sweetly of the delight to be found beneath the water, begging the seafarers not to be afraid of coming down below.