Cana Cana The Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee (). The name possibly derives from the Hebrew or Aramaic word for "reeds". Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed "the first of his signs", his first public miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast () when the wine provided by the bridegroom had run out. Although none of the synoptic gospels record the event, mainstream Christian tradition
The Mouse Turned into a Maid The Mouse Turned into a Maid The mouse turned into a maid is an ancient fable of Indian origin that travelled westwards to Europe during the Middle Ages and also exists in the Far East. The story is Aarne-Thompson type 2031C in his list of cumulative tales, another example of which is "The Husband of the Rat's Daughter". It concerns a search for a partner through a succession of more powerful forces, resolved only by choosing an equal. The fable’s Classical analogue is Aesop's Fable of "Venus and the Cat", in which a man appeals to the goddess Venus to