There is this peculiar difference between them, which likewise distinguishes the women from those of the earth.

The men alone have arms; the women have only wings.

Resplendent wings are they, wherein they can shroud themselves from head to foot in a panoply of glistering glory.

By these wings alone, it may frequently be judged in what seasons, and under what aspects, they were born.

From those that came in winter, go great white wings, white as snow; the edge of every feather shining like the sheen of silver, so that they flash and glitter like frost in the sun.