Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 247
March 18, 2019
When will the third book be available?
When I’m done writing it.
asheathes:
♔ M Y T H O L O G Y ♔PERSE′PHONE (Persephonê), in...
PERSE′PHONE (Persephonê), in Latin Proserpina, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Her name is commonly derived from pherein phonon, “to bring” or “cause death. Persephone was the goddess queen of the Underworld, wife of the god, Hades. She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother, Demeter.
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a-gnosis:
And here we have the whole comic.
Pirithous was the...
And here we have the whole comic.
Pirithous was the king of the Lapiths and a good friend to Theseus. Together they agreed to get themselves daughters of Zeus for wives. Theseus chose Helen of Sparta (who later would be known as Helen of Troy), and Pirithous somehow thought that it would be a good idea to go down to the Underworld to kidnap Persephone. Big mistake. According to one version Hades and Persephone pretended to offer them hospitality, and made them sit upon the throne of Lethe (Forgetfulness). Some say that Persephone later showed mercy and allowed Herakles to bring them back to the upper world, but most sources agree that only Theseus was allowed to leave and that Pirithous had to remain in the Underworld. And others say that none of them ever returned.
This comic was quite inspired by this lovely short story.
hellspersephone:
Persephone: I leave in three days Hades: do you want me to cry? Hades: do you want...
Persephone: I leave in three days
Hades: do you want me to cry?
Hades: do you want me to cry in front of the souls? Is that what you want?
I apologize for not being able to spell things accurately at the moment as I don't have the books near me but I have a question. You call the gods by full names from time to time. Like Peresephone Praxidike and Hades Aidoneus *insert the word that begins w
The names were a mix of creative license and historical knowledge. They were epithets for the gods, most of them largely featured in the Homeric and Orphic hymns.
Aidoneus was used in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter because the poem was written in iambic hexameter, and the flow of Aidoneus was easier to alliterate than Aides (Hades). And I just like it better as a name. So I mashed them together to come up with Hades Aidoneus Chthonios Polydegmon, which, if you translate them out from epithets literally means “The Unseen Lord of the Earth Below Who Receives Many”
For Persephone, I wanted to give her name two middle epithets. One to represent who is is above (Karpophoros) and one to represent who she is below (Praxidike).
Chthonios is an epithet for whoever lives in the Underworld. In my telling, you get that as your surname once you consume anything there.
Hope this helped.
Hey you...
Yeah you.
The one who thanks to my enabling stayed up ALL NIGHT reading this book:
OK, first off…
You have to take care of yourself. Then…
EAT BREAKFAST. Breakfast is good for you. Toast with avocado. Or a waffle. Or the Ron Swanson breakfast.
Right? Have you given yourself the positive self care you deserve? Perfect.
Now, sit down and write a review of Destroyer of Light on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iBooks, and copy your review to Goodreads.
And thank you, if you already have written a review. I don’t need to be the first to tell you that as a writer, I rely on reviewers like you to show other people that they will enjoy my book. It doesn’t have to be a long review, you don’t have to gush, it doesn’t have to be Shakespeare. If you accidentally drop in a spoiler, it isn’t going to hurt anyone. Just please leave a review.
Have you taken a couple minutes to do that? Good! Now go outside! It’s springtime!!
March 17, 2019
diamondguls:
me at all the beautiful friends i’ve made in this...
me at all the beautiful friends i’ve made in this horrible, hostile, fucking blue jungle of website
the 7 deadly sins of being a writer
self-doubt
procrastination
sleep deprivation
jealousy
wailing (despair)
notebook lust
horrifying comma use
