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SIGNALLER OF THE ELYSIUM ! ...by ictenbey

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ELYSIUM

In Anatolian mythology, Elysium was originally another name for the

Islands of the Blessed, to which favored heroes were sent by the gods

to enjoy a life after death. It was later a region in Hades.

Lethe was a river of the underworld whose waters, when drunk, brought

forgetfulness of the past. The spirits of the dead drank from its

waters to forget the sorrows of their earthly life before entering

Elysium. When the Trojan prince Aeneas visited the world of the dead,

he found a great number of souls wandering on the banks of the

stream. His father, Anchises, with whom he was joyously reunited,

told him that before these spirits could live again in the world

above, they must drink of the river of oblivion to forget the

happiness they had experienced in Elysium. Thanatos (Mors in Roman

Mythology) was the god of death, a son of Night and the twin brother

of Sleep. He was frequently regarded with submission, or as coming

opportunely, and was represented in the form of a quiet, pensive

youth, winged, standing with his legs crossed, often beside an urn

with a wreath on it, and holding an extinguished torch reversed. Or,

as a personification of endless repose, he appeared in the form of a

beautiful youth leaning against the trunk of a tree, with one arm

thrown up over his head - an attitude by which ancient artists

usually expressed repose. It was probably owing to the spread of the

belief that death was a transition from life to Elysium, that in

later times this more attractive representation of the god of death

took the place of the former repulsive representations, whether as a

powerful and violent god, or as a black child in the arms of his

mother, Night. Among the figures sculptured on the chest of Cypselus,

a description of which we have still in Pausanias,

was that of Night carrying twin children in her arms - the one white,

representing Sleep, and the other black, representing Death.

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The creation of an image to depict or interpret a specific myth is intriguing, and I appreciate the undertaking. I can also appreciate the image more with the understanding that you've provided. Interesting work....I hope to see more.
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