Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 308
November 24, 2018
Question! (If you have time and feel like it!) How much time do you reckon went between the births of the six olympians? And did Kronos go all crunch munch the second they were out, or did Rhea manage to hide some of them for a while? Thanks! (And happy th
Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Hopefully marshmallows were as far the fuck away from your yams and sweet potatoes as possible, your dinner conversations were pleasant, and your turkey not carved in icy silence.
And to those of us in late-stage capitalism, happy Small Business Saturday. (Use cash. No really.)
Onwardâ¦
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When I finally get around to writing Titanomachy (which I hope to do before publishing the fifth book in this series), youâll hear all about Kronos and the decisions he made in the prologue and multiple back story references.
My Hades and Persephone series canon differs from existing written mythology and goes as followsâ¦
Hades was born firstHe was only alive for a matter of hours before being swallowed by Kronos who did so because killing his child (which he very well could have done) would have resulted in the rest of the immortals from the Protogenoi to the other Titans revolting against him. It would have effectively sped up the Fatesâ prophecy.It was a long time before Rhea gave birth to Hestia, given what happened to her first child. She consulted other Titan women to find out what would stop her from getting pregnant again.Kronos didnât care, and wanted more children despite Rheaâs pleas not to, because Kronos discovered that he was all the more powerful after he swallowed each child. That concept is actually borne out in the original mythology because Zeus gained more forethought and wisdom after he swallowed Metis. Kronos found ways around the contraceptives Rhea and her sisters had devised and they were easier to overcome the more omnipotent he grew. After Hestia, subsequent children (in my ordering: Hera, Poseidon, Demeter) were spaced several thousand years apart thereafter.Realizing that Kronos was never going to stop and there was nothing left that she could do, Rhea used a dangerous abortifacient (I canât give it away here) to have Zeus a few weeks early and left him with the Kouretes to nurse from a goat named Amalthea. She conspired with Metis, her midwife to âdeliverâ at the appointed time, and Kronos swallowed the Omphalos Stone instead of Zeus and the rest is history.
So I hope that answered your question.
November 23, 2018
November 22, 2018
For the love of the Gods WHEN is the Good Counselor going to be published? I just finished Destroyer of Light and tried to find more info online about the Good Counselor but there is literally NOTHING.
Thatâs because⦠there is literally nothing.
Not true, actually.
Itâs slow going writing this latest book, what with raising a very active toddler and turning my books into a TV series. But I am ITCHING to give you a glimpse into the next part of the story. Without giving away too much of course.
So what if I release the first few chapters of The Good Counselor the same way I did with Receiver of Many and Destroyer of Light?Say, at my usual timeâ¦(Wednesdays 12am PST)At all the usual places, starting January 10, 2019?
November 21, 2018
paradiseoffandoms:
Currently reading:Persephoneâs life has been one of leisure among the verdant...
Currently reading:Persephoneâs life has been one of leisure among the verdant fields: the maiden of flowers, sheltered by her mother, the Harvest Goddess Demeter. Now she is a woman, a goddess in her own right, yearning for freedom- even as the terms of an ancient pact are about to come due. Hadesâs life has been one of solitude in the somber land of the dead: for millennia he has served as the God of the Underworld, living without attachments, eternally governing the souls of mortals. But he dreams of the young goddess who was promised to be his wife, and knows it is time for his Kingdom to have a Queen. When Hades arrives to claim his betrothed, he finds a young goddess eager to unearth her divine potential- and a powerful mother unwilling to let go. Receiver of Many begins an erotic story of passion and possession, duty and desire, and a struggle that threatens both ancient Greece and the Realm of the Dead itself.
paradiseoffandoms:
Currently reading:Persephone’s life has been one of leisure among the verdant...
Currently reading:Persephone’s life has been one of leisure among the verdant fields: the maiden of flowers, sheltered by her mother, the Harvest Goddess Demeter. Now she is a woman, a goddess in her own right, yearning for freedom- even as the terms of an ancient pact are about to come due. Hades’s life has been one of solitude in the somber land of the dead: for millennia he has served as the God of the Underworld, living without attachments, eternally governing the souls of mortals. But he dreams of the young goddess who was promised to be his wife, and knows it is time for his Kingdom to have a Queen. When Hades arrives to claim his betrothed, he finds a young goddess eager to unearth her divine potential- and a powerful mother unwilling to let go. Receiver of Many begins an erotic story of passion and possession, duty and desire, and a struggle that threatens both ancient Greece and the Realm of the Dead itself.
thewordsthatbindme:
âI leave so I donât have to look into your eyes and see that you do not yet...
âI leave so I donât have to look into your eyes and see that you do not yet love me.ââ Receiver of Many, Rachel Alexander
thewordsthatbindme:
“I leave so I don’t have to look into your eyes and see that you do not yet...
“I leave so I don’t have to look into your eyes and see that you do not yet love me.”— Receiver of Many, Rachel Alexander
November 20, 2018
thewordsthatbindme:
âPraxidike. Chthonios. She who destroys the light. Carrier of Curses. The Iron...
âPraxidike. Chthonios. She who destroys the light. Carrier of Curses. The Iron Queen of the Underworld.ââ Receiver of Many, Rachel Alexander
