Grandmother's bones are discovered inside the wolf's belly after his death.

First appearance of Little Red-Cap, a sixteen‑year‑old girl who follows the wolf, loses her shoes, kills him, discovers her grandmother's bones, and leaves the forest alone.

A white dove is given by Little Red‑Cap to the wolf and is eaten.

First appearance of a poetic, wine‑drinking wolf who leads Little Red‑Cap into his lair and is later slain by her.

Narrator of the chapter, wife of a gold‑obsessed man

The lover the narrator met at a glittering ball

Narrator of the chapter, recounts surreal events

Man who returns home as a woman, experiences menstrual curse Decapitated man whose head appears on Salome's pillow

Central figure observed by Pilate's Wife, later crowned with thorns and seized.

Narrator of this chapter, provides personal observations and actions.

Roman governor who interacts with Pilate's Wife and deals with the Nazarenes.

Mrs Aesop is introduced as narrator of this chapter.

Narrator of a bitter monologue comparing herself to mythic figures while castigating Sisyphus's endless labor.

Husband of Mrs Faust, ambitious, greedy, ascends political and business ranks, deals in arms, boasts impossible feats, dies dragged to Hell by a devil, leaves estate to his wife, never had a soul.

Narrator of the chapter, wife of Faust, wealthy, undergoes drastic personal changes, makes pact with Mephistopheles, inherits Faust's estate, keeps his secret.

Narrator and central figure of this chapter, engages in a violent intimate encounter with a scarred warrior.

A man with a four‑medal war scar over his heart who engages in a violent sexual encounter with Delilah, is later bound and has his hair cut.

Small human documentary filmmaker loved by Queen Kong

Giant gorilla queen who lives in Manhattan and falls obsessively in love with a small human man

Bellringer who marries Mrs Quasimodo and later becomes distant

New narrator who loves cathedral bells, marries the bellringer, and murders the bells

Appears as a locked narrator reflecting on captivity and her association with the Devil.

Introduced as an abusive coworker who becomes the Devil’s Wife’s lover and rapist.

Narrator of this chapter, recounts her abusive relationship with the Devil, the burial of a doll, and eventual imprisonment.

Introduced as a poetic narrator obsessed with pigs and cooking.

Husband of Mrs Lazarus, dead and later seen as a decaying corpse

First appearance as a grieving widow narrating her mourning rituals and a macabre resurrection scene

The sculptor who creates and awakens the statue, engages in intimate and violent contact with her, and gives her gifts.

A marble statue brought to life, subjected to the sculptor’s touch and gifts, who pretends sexual arousal before disappearing.

Narrator of this chapter, middle‑aged woman who quits sex and takes up painting.

Husband of Mrs Rip Van Winkle, found on Viagra.

Attends to Salome, bringing tea and clearing clutter

Narrator who awakens to a decapitated man's head on her pillow and vows to reform and eliminate the lover

Narrator, a shade in the Underworld, Orpheus' wife, tries to be rescued.

Legendary poet-musician who descends to the Underworld to rescue Eurydice.

Tough suffragette grandmother of the Kray Sisters

Singer who performed for free at a Kray Sisters night

Twin female protagonists who run criminal clubs in London

Reverend Mother observes Sister Presley's hip movements and admires them.

Introduced as Elvis Presley's living female twin who lives as a nun in a convent.

Mourns the absent man with its warm head on Penelope’s knees

Narrator who waits for a missing man and spends months embroidering as a coping ritual

Animalistic lover in the House of the Beast

Another poker player, known for never bluffing

One of the poker players, a dwarf woman

Legendary woman present at the poker night

Narrator and central figure of the chapter

Demeter narrates her winter solitude and longing for her daughter.

Persephone arrives barefoot across the fields, bringing spring’s flowers to her mother’s house.