The false window dimmed its light so that a man might look upon its majesty unshuttered. The ancients believed that the Morning Star was a jewel carried into the heavens by a great hero who had reclaimed that star from the lord of the underworld, and that in payment for his heroism, the gods set him to sail the skies, forever carrying that gem aloft. Earth’s Morning Star was only her sister planet, Venus, but it was easy to understand how the ancients made that mistake.
Reminds me of Lord of the Rings, carrying the similarion across the sky.
