The term “heap” appears in literature with a remarkable breadth of meaning, functioning both as a vivid physical descriptor and a potent metaphor. In some works it conveys the piling on of misfortune or divine judgment—as when calamities are said to be heaped upon a character [1] or when ancient ruins are reduced to a heap of stones [2, 3, 4]—while in others it denotes a disordered mass, be it a tumbled heap of clothes [5], a pile of firewood [6], or even an untidy heap in which a character falls [7]. At times the word takes on a playful tone, suggesting an excess or overflow, as in the rapid heaping of words or bank-notes [8, 9, 10]. Whether as a verb or a noun, “heap” enriches the language by evoking images of accumulation and chaos or, conversely, of generosity and abundance, thereby lending depth to both the narrative and the emotional landscape of a work [11, 1].