The term "mantled" is employed with great versatility in literature, often serving as a metaphor for a gentle or dramatic covering that can be either literal or figurative. It may describe the visual texture of a scene—as with landscapes depicted in phrases like "snow-mantled peaks" ([1]) or cities shrouded in a pall of silence and decay ([2])—or convey a character’s internal emotion, where a flush mantles a cheek with feelings ranging from pride ([3]) to sudden despair ([4]). Additionally, the word enriches descriptions of both animate and inanimate forms, such as ivy mantling an ancient tower ([5], [6]), suggesting an overlay that both conceals and reveals deeper layers of meaning.