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<pre wrap="">Lee Berman-
James I'm hoping you will explain what you mean about the deeds of Hephaestus and these
two characters.
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Somewhere I have them more carefully detailed. But Hesphaestus was
conceived by Hera without the need of a mate. When he was born, he
was so ugly and so his mother threw him off of Mt Olympus into the
sea. But he was rescued by the sea goddesses Thetis and Eurynome.
They set him up in a workshop in an undersea cave where he made made
marvelous works of craftmanship. In his workshop, Hesph had
mechanical women who operated as his assistants. One day Hera saw
Thetis wearing a broach that Hesph had made and demanded to know
where she got it. She told her about Hesph and so he was brought
back to Olympus (in a parade that was very reminiscent of Dionysus's
coming to Olympus). So then one day, the Olympians overthrew Zeus
and bound him to a chair. Thetis identified Hera, Poseidon, and
Athena as the ring-leaders but Robert Graves included Apollo. Then
they began fighting over who would be the leader. Thetis went down
to Tartaros and released the Briareus, the hundred armed monster
that Kronos and imprisoned there. With his speedy arms he was able
to untie Zeus before the others knew what had happened. Now back in
power, Zeus turned his wrath against Hera. According to Graves
again, Hesphaestus came to the defense of his mother and so Zeus
blasted him with his lighting bolt, knocks him off the mountain
(again) at which point he was lamed. Then Zeus hanged Hera from Mt
Olympus (the heavens) by a golden chain.<br>
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So Silk performs the deeds of Hesphaestus on Mt. Olympus and Auk
performs his deeds in his undersea cave. <br>
Quetzal says that the ring-leaders who "killed" Pas as <font>Echidna,
Scylla, Molpe, and Hierax and says "there may have been others".</font><br>
In the caves of Lake Limna, Auk --armed with a keyword "Thetis" and
Chenille (recently possessed by the sea goddess Scylla)-- released
the prisoners <font>(hundred-handed Briarius) </font>from the
hellish <font>Alambrera pits as part of the plan to resurrect Pas
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://urth.org/whorlmap/binding_zeus.htm">http://urth.org/whorlmap/binding_zeus.htm</a>)</font>. Also, at his
side is the black mechanic, Incus, whom I argue is actually Maytera
Corn (ear of corn) --a mechanical woman-- who will later assist him
in his work of repairing Sand. <br>
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As for Silk, well, for starters it helps to recognize that there are
associations between Hy and Silk's mom, but it is not necessary.
During their conversation, Silk _defends_ Echidna's celibacy rule.
Then Hy jumps up on the bed with her azoth (both a lighting bolt and
a golden chain). She fires her azoth at him, sending him tumbling
out of the window where he is lamed. This event is a combination of
Hesph being cast off of Mt Olympus by Hera and by Zeus. <br>
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