Antipolaric brothers

Jack Smith · 23 Nov 2010, 14:42 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com (Jack Smith)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:42:26 -0500
Subject: (urth) Antipolaric brothers
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Great mythological reference.  I thought I knew Greek myths but I must have
missed this one.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  Lee Berman-
> James I'm hoping you will explain what you mean about the deeds of Hephaestus and these
> two characters.
>
>
> Somewhere I have them more carefully detailed. But Hesphaestus was
> conceived by Hera without the need of a mate. When he was born, he was so
> ugly and so his mother threw him off of Mt Olympus into the sea. But he was
> rescued by the sea goddesses Thetis and Eurynome. They set him up in a
> workshop in an undersea cave where he made made marvelous works of
> craftmanship. In his workshop, Hesph had mechanical women who operated as
> his assistants. One day Hera saw Thetis wearing a broach that Hesph had made
> and demanded to know where she got it. She told her about Hesph and so he
> was brought back to Olympus (in a parade that was very reminiscent of
> Dionysus's coming to Olympus). So then one day, the Olympians overthrew Zeus
> and bound him to a chair. Thetis identified Hera, Poseidon, and Athena as
> the ring-leaders but Robert Graves included Apollo. Then they began fighting
> over who would be the leader. Thetis went down to Tartaros and released the
> Briareus, the hundred armed monster that Kronos and imprisoned there. With
> his speedy arms he was able to untie Zeus before the others knew what had
> happened. Now back in power, Zeus turned his wrath against Hera. According
> to Graves again, Hesphaestus came to the defense of his mother and so Zeus
> blasted him with his lighting bolt, knocks him off the mountain (again) at
> which point he was lamed. Then Zeus hanged Hera from Mt Olympus (the
> heavens) by a golden chain.
>
> So Silk performs the deeds of Hesphaestus on Mt. Olympus and Auk performs
> his deeds in his undersea cave.
> Quetzal says that the ring-leaders who "killed" Pas as Echidna, Scylla,
> Molpe, and Hierax and says "there may have been others".
> In the caves of Lake Limna, Auk --armed with a keyword "Thetis" and
> Chenille (recently possessed by the sea goddess Scylla)-- released the
> prisoners (hundred-handed Briarius) from the hellish Alambrera pits as
> part of the plan to resurrect Pas (
> http://urth.org/whorlmap/binding_zeus.htm).  Also, at his side is the
> black mechanic, Incus, whom I argue is actually Maytera Corn (ear of corn)
> --a mechanical woman-- who will later assist him in his work of repairing
> Sand.
>
> As for Silk, well, for starters it helps to recognize that there are
> associations between Hy and Silk's mom, but it is not necessary. During
> their conversation, Silk _defends_ Echidna's celibacy rule. Then Hy jumps up
> on the bed with her azoth (both a lighting bolt and a golden chain). She
> fires her azoth at him, sending him tumbling out of the window where he is
> lamed. This event is a combination of Hesph being cast off of Mt Olympus by
> Hera and by Zeus.
>
> u+16b9
>
>
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-- 
Best wishes,
Jack
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