"Similarly in ancient Egypt the king, as the
representative of the sun, walked solemnly round the
walls of a temple in order to ensure that the sun should
perform his daily journey round the sky without the
interruption of an eclipse or other mishap." -Sir James Frazer pg77b The Golden Bough
Upon waiting for my copy of The Golden Bough I've found the internet to be a lifesaver. As hard for it is for me to say... I'm glad we have the technology we do. Whew. Beginning my reading also however in The Metamorphoses of Ovid I began reading the book with the plan of disciphering it like iambic pentameter as I would rehearsing for any Shakespeare play. After awhile however I got in tune with what the book was saying just like I would with iambic pentameter. Old habits die hard. I felt I was almost reading the beginning of the bible but presented more beautifully. I can't stop noticing how much weather and agriculture is involved.
"Now, too, they planted seeds of wheat in lengthy furrows; and beneath the heavy weight of yokes, the bullocks groaned." The Metamorphoses of Ovid Book I pg7
As I continued reading my brain started spurting out quotes from Shakespeare and one kept repeating itself in my head,
"What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon who is already sick and pale with grief."- Romeo
Makes me think that darkness is always corralated with evil. Vampires can only come out at night, werewolves take form in front of a full moon, children are afraid of the dark because the boogeyman only comes out at night. Sunlight seems to be birthing good. And used in only glamourous context. Like the quote from The Golden Bough, the egyptians want only sunlight, the eclipses scared the shit out of them and disrupted their daily lives. Things not going according to myth I might say. Curious to find out if darkness is always a bad thing in corralation to myths.
"If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended. That you have but slumbered here, while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream." -Puck
-Taylor Jensen
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