Knowing me, I probably missed any previous discussions here or at the W, (which I STILL can't log onto), regarding parallels between this and all things ASOIAF?
There's a heck of alot of parallels...Especially the whole sacrificing sheep and then princesses to the dragon...What even cracks me up MORE is like how it's St. GEORGE... -rotflol-
Post by whitewolfstark on Apr 20, 2016 3:09:39 GMT
Sacrificing children and most especially virgins by lottery is a traditional heroic myth, so well-worn that you can change up the names, but the story remains the same:
voice, you'll like something that pops up in the quote.
Hero from upper world
-->
Battle in our world
<--
Enemy from lower world
spring, dawn, order, fertility, vigor, youth
vs.
winter, darkness, confusion, sterility, moribund life, old age
More specifically the tale begins with a land that is ruled by a helpless old king being laid to waste by a dragon. Young people are offered up until the king’s daughter is to be sacrificed; then the hero arrives, kills the dragon, marries the king’s daughter, and ascends to throne.
There's a heck of alot of parallels...Especially the whole sacrificing sheep and then princesses to the dragon...What even cracks me up MORE is like how it's St. GEORGE... -rotflol-
YUP! Plus we've got the tail end of the AA myth, which talks about how later in life, after the whole forging nightmare, AA uses his wife-killing-sword to kill a monster, which melted when he stabbed it.
Makes me think we're being told of how to make a weapon to kill a monster--like a dragon??
My current pet theory is Brienne will do it. Jaime slew a false dragon (Aerys) and he gave Brienne Oathkeeper. Jaime and Brienne are a lot like twin swords. So, would Brienne, too, slay the dragon? Kill the real one--Drogon?
She's big on defending the weak and innocent--children and virgins. And is currently questing to find Sansa, who was a sort of sacrifice. . . .
I'm now tying this into knots.
Bottom line: I think there is evidence there to make this work.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
@ SlyWren Can see this. Also, all of this is re-confirming in my mind the tossed around idea that dragons and walkers are polar opposites...
Polar opposites AND parallels--both take sacrifices. Both kill babies.Both need heroes to slay them.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
Now, what to do with that? A potential chance that both might have similar solutions?
Any ideas??
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
