 There are several descriptions of Caeneus' fate after he had been crushed down by the trunks.One vase, for instance, depicts him as sinking down into the earth, upright, and buried at the waist; this legend is described in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" as well, and implies that Caeneus is falling directly into Tartarus.Ovid states that Caeneus flew away from the pile of tree trunks as a golden-winged bird.