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ithikaI feel so bad. I think I will have silent-rememberance o'clock at 11pm instead. I feel so bad. *mopes*
Today has been incredibly counter-productive. Interestingly, it wasn't wild-tangent counter-productive. Shall we say that the subject provided it's own distraction.
Yes! I spent the whole day reading Ovid's Metamorphoses, which I don't even need to know for the exam. Sigh. It's ridiculous. Bleargh!
I came up with a story behind Faerie finally. I don't remember where the idea came from.
Edit: The picture is now on my DA account!! Please look-ie /Edit
The afterlife of humanity is a strange one. So stubborn are they that
they do not become one with eternity, as is the practise of all other
things that live and die. No. By the virtue of their intelects and the
vice of their stubornness, angels and daemons rose from that swirling
well of all that was and will be to govern the souls of humanity.
These
guardians, much like humans, are governed by emotion. It is a proof of
their humanity that daemons exist at all - no other creatures care for
hate or vengeance, nor do other beings have a capacity for, or concept
of, evil. The Arch-Angels, seraphs, and arch-daemons, _____ (?), govern
themselves, but are ever-bound to the whims of humanity.
So it was
that Faerie came into being. For all their intelect, humanity seems
doomed to committing terrible and greivous wrongs and errors.
Because
there is no one divinity as humans so stubbornly believe, but simply
the great well and all that is the afterlife of humanity, the laws
humans impose upon themselves bind their Angels and Daemons. Such as
the Catholic belief for many years that anyone unbaptised goes straight
into the fiery abyss of hell. Of course, this rule did not apply to
those of other religions, but to those of Catholic lineage, the price
was dear. And so it was that all stillborns, or after-birth deaths, or
little unbaptised children, innocent of evil, were fed to the greedy
maws of the Daemons.
Of course, the Seraphs were outraged.
Arch-Seraph, overlord of Angels, came near to a fall in his tourment.
Even the (arch-daemons) were made uncomfortable by the mindless
condemnation of innocent souls. Watching its denizens growing fat and
complacent, the arch-(arch-daemon) sought council with Arch-Seraph, and
together they agreed that those children's souls deserved vengeance. No
other terms were defined, as the arch-(AD) was wily and cunning while
Arch-Seraph was tourmented and wearied with sorrow. So, the embodiment
of this punishment of humanity was a Daemon, with no angelic features
to be found.
The bi-planar daemon Faerie was, from the start,
imbued with wrath and hatred. His loathing for all forms of being was
shocking, even among the daemons, who he slew and devoured as it
pleased him. Fortunately, he was not as swift in flight as the seraphs,
for he could easily have winked their light from existance.
Faerie, though, can only switch planes when he is anchored to a human, whom by the virtue of that bond is protected from him. The person he's anchored to has to be a person who isn't bound to enter the presence of angels or daemons at the end of their life, but instead the Great Well.
MOOOOO. I totally lost my poetic voice at the end of that. But that's okay, the voice was a little lame. I don't care. It's writ now. Writ. Heeee. I drew a mad picture of Faerie, with craaazy crosshatching. Will scan later and put on DA.
I payed things! Well, yesterday. Like my Amenities and Services fee ($60) and payed for this ($65.91 including postage and handling).
*contented sigh* I can't think of any other debts I have at the mome... 'sept for that stupid lay-by. Gah! (the top is pretty though. So pretty.)
I have no more thingies to say. Wednesday was 10 months with Gavin. It is a happy thing. I didn't mention it at the time because I didn't want to. I will now though, becuase I do.
Today has been incredibly counter-productive. Interestingly, it wasn't wild-tangent counter-productive. Shall we say that the subject provided it's own distraction.
Yes! I spent the whole day reading Ovid's Metamorphoses, which I don't even need to know for the exam. Sigh. It's ridiculous. Bleargh!
I came up with a story behind Faerie finally. I don't remember where the idea came from.
Edit: The picture is now on my DA account!! Please look-ie /Edit
The afterlife of humanity is a strange one. So stubborn are they that
they do not become one with eternity, as is the practise of all other
things that live and die. No. By the virtue of their intelects and the
vice of their stubornness, angels and daemons rose from that swirling
well of all that was and will be to govern the souls of humanity.
These
guardians, much like humans, are governed by emotion. It is a proof of
their humanity that daemons exist at all - no other creatures care for
hate or vengeance, nor do other beings have a capacity for, or concept
of, evil. The Arch-Angels, seraphs, and arch-daemons, _____ (?), govern
themselves, but are ever-bound to the whims of humanity.
So it was
that Faerie came into being. For all their intelect, humanity seems
doomed to committing terrible and greivous wrongs and errors.
Because
there is no one divinity as humans so stubbornly believe, but simply
the great well and all that is the afterlife of humanity, the laws
humans impose upon themselves bind their Angels and Daemons. Such as
the Catholic belief for many years that anyone unbaptised goes straight
into the fiery abyss of hell. Of course, this rule did not apply to
those of other religions, but to those of Catholic lineage, the price
was dear. And so it was that all stillborns, or after-birth deaths, or
little unbaptised children, innocent of evil, were fed to the greedy
maws of the Daemons.
Of course, the Seraphs were outraged.
Arch-Seraph, overlord of Angels, came near to a fall in his tourment.
Even the (arch-daemons) were made uncomfortable by the mindless
condemnation of innocent souls. Watching its denizens growing fat and
complacent, the arch-(arch-daemon) sought council with Arch-Seraph, and
together they agreed that those children's souls deserved vengeance. No
other terms were defined, as the arch-(AD) was wily and cunning while
Arch-Seraph was tourmented and wearied with sorrow. So, the embodiment
of this punishment of humanity was a Daemon, with no angelic features
to be found.
The bi-planar daemon Faerie was, from the start,
imbued with wrath and hatred. His loathing for all forms of being was
shocking, even among the daemons, who he slew and devoured as it
pleased him. Fortunately, he was not as swift in flight as the seraphs,
for he could easily have winked their light from existance.
Faerie, though, can only switch planes when he is anchored to a human, whom by the virtue of that bond is protected from him. The person he's anchored to has to be a person who isn't bound to enter the presence of angels or daemons at the end of their life, but instead the Great Well.
MOOOOO. I totally lost my poetic voice at the end of that. But that's okay, the voice was a little lame. I don't care. It's writ now. Writ. Heeee. I drew a mad picture of Faerie, with craaazy crosshatching. Will scan later and put on DA.
I payed things! Well, yesterday. Like my Amenities and Services fee ($60) and payed for this ($65.91 including postage and handling).
*contented sigh* I can't think of any other debts I have at the mome... 'sept for that stupid lay-by. Gah! (the top is pretty though. So pretty.)
I have no more thingies to say. Wednesday was 10 months with Gavin. It is a happy thing. I didn't mention it at the time because I didn't want to. I will now though, becuase I do.
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Date: 2005-11-11 03:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-11 05:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-12 02:49 am (UTC)This is of course because they now mean different things. Daemon was the word for soul, spirit or ghost. A human that died becem something in between mortal men and the gods.
Later the word came into Christian use to mean an evil spirit. The word changed to demon, and now when you want to denote a soul or spirit, as opposed to an evil creature, you use the old spelling daimon or daemon.
Pop culture references that I can think of:
In Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, daemon is used to mean soul.
The movie Ghost In The Shell most obviously uses the word ghost to mean the individual soul within the shell of our body and mind, that which makes us human rather than just a machine with a personality.
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Date: 2005-11-12 03:48 am (UTC)Come to think of it, Daimon or Daemon is a much friendlier sounding/looking word than Demon. Demon is a bit harsher. To my mind.
Eventually though, I'm not going to refer to the D
aemons as "Daemons", once I figure out my own word for them. Sigh. That might take a while. Do you know any more unusual/old words for an evil being? You seem to know many things. :)The funny thing is, I love both of those, and I never thought of that interestingness.
Only using this icon because I loff it, haven't used it in a while, and this wolf looks angry enough to be metaphorically referred to as a Demon
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Date: 2005-11-12 08:46 am (UTC)Cool words for evil being. Hmm, there has to be some.
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Date: 2005-11-12 08:48 am (UTC)Main Entry: demon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: evil
Synonyms: archfiend, beast, brute, devil, evil spirit, fiend, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, little devil, malignant spirit, monster, rascal, rogue, Satan, vampire, villain, windigo
Antonyms: angel, saint
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
Main Entry: black magic
Part of Speech: noun 2
Definition: witchcraft or sorcery
Synonyms: black art, demonianism, demon worship, diabolism, magic, mysticism, necromancy, Satanism, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: fanatic
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overenthusiast
Synonyms: activist, addict, bigot, bug, crank, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot
Antonyms: naysayer, unbeliever
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: fiend
Part of Speech: noun 1
Definition: dastard
Synonyms: barbarian, beast, brute, degenerate, demon, devil, diablo, evil spirit, hellcat, hellion, imp, little devil, Mephistopheles, monster, ogre, savage, serpent
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Main Entry: ghost
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spook
Synonyms: apparition, appearance, banshee, daemon, demon, devil, eidolon, ethereal being, haunt, incorporeal being, kelpie, manes, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, revenant, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spirit, vampire, vision, visitor, wraith, zombie
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: god
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spirit
Synonyms: absolute being, all knowing, all powerful, almighty, creator, daemon, deity, demigod, demon, divine being, divinity, father, holiness, holy spirit, idol, infinite spirit, Jehovah, lord, maker, man upstairs, numen, omnipotent, power, prime mover, providence, soul, spirit, totem, tutelary, world spirit
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: imp
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rascal
Synonyms: brat, demon, devil, deviling, devilkin, elf, fiend, gamin, gnome, gremlin, hellcat, hellion, minx, pixie, puck, rascal, rogue, scamp, sprite, troll, tyke, urchin, villain
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: monster
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: giant being
Synonyms: abnormality, barbarian, beast, behemoth, bogeyman, brute, centaur, colossus, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, Frankenstein, freak, giant, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, horror, leviathan, little devil, lusus naturae, mammoth, miscreation, monstrosity, mutant, ogre, phoenix, savage, titan, villain, whale
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Main Entry: ogre
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nasty person
Synonyms: bogey, bogeyman, demon, devil, fiend, giant, monster, monstrosity, specter, spectre
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Date: 2005-11-13 01:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-13 01:38 pm (UTC)*nods* That is pretty cool. :D