Questions & Answers, Part 3
As promised, today I bring you the 3rd Part of “Question & Answers with C. Desert Rose”.
Today, I’ll be chatting about The Alpha.
The Alpha is the other half of the Higher Sources (or God) from “If Death Should Love Me“. He is the male half.
Last post you learned that The Omega was based on various��Mythological Goddesses. In this post, you will discover that The Alpha was as based on some Mythological Gods.
Imagine for a moment, if you will, combining Father Time, Chronos & Woden, yet making him��not only the embodiment of wisdom and strength, but also giving him something that these three gods seemed to lacked���benevolence.
Father Time is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device (which represents time’s constant one-way movement, and more generally and abstractly, entropy).
The personification of Father Time��is the more friendly version of the Grim Reaper.��Per myth, he��is married to Mother Earth; just as the Grim Reaper, the personification of Death, is married to Life who pictured as a young lady in artwork.
Chronos (Also spelled Cronos & Kronos) is the Ancient Greek version of Father Time. It is from his name that we get the term “chronological”. Chronos was the youngest member of the Greek Titans, which were (per Greek Mythology) the first gods. He��is always depicted with wings and a scythe. These things symbolize 2 things; revere/power and eventual deterioration, or the end of all things.
Chronos wasn’t known as a very nice guy. As a matter of fact, he ate his kids because he didn’t want to give up his thrown. It wasn’t until Zeus, whom had grown up in a cave, was old enough to confront him and subsequently overcome him, that Chronos was brought down.
However,��if Chronos stood for anything, it was for the wisdom��and��power��that only time could bring.
Woden (pronounced Oh-din; also written Odin & Wodan), was considered the God Head of the Norse Gods. Woden��is one of the most complex and enigmatic characters in Norse mythology, and perhaps in all of world literature. He���s the chief of the Aesir tribe of deities, yet he often ventures far from their kingdom Asgard on long, solitary wanderings throughout the cosmos on purely self-interested quests.
He��was known for being��a relentless seeker and giver of wisdom.��He was the divine patron of rulers, and also of outcasts. He was a war-god, but also a poetry-god.��He was worshiped by those in search of prestige, honor, and nobility, yet he was often cursed for being a fickle trickster.��Complex, indeed. He was known for his amazing qualities, but also for not very good ones.
All of these gods were depicted as older men, although I never really saw The Alpha as an old man.��It wasn’t so much their appearance that drew me in, but it was their personalities. They seemed to exemplify all that I imagined��The Alpha to be (excluding the bad things). He is wise, strong, abstract and cryptic. However, in being better than the three aforementioned gods, he is��also the manifestation of love, understanding and kindness. The Alpha��is benevolent.
There is much more to it than this, but if I tell you, then I will ruin the story for you. That I refuse to do. Suffice it to say, that all that they were and represent was pertinent to the story���particularly to the characters of The Alpha and Azriel.
Well, that’s all for now. I hope you enjoyed this installment of Q & A with C. Desert Rose.
Love, love!
Rosie
