Tuesday 27 March 2018

Dennitza And Ys: Their Contrasting Fates

Swimming at Thurnham Hall (see here) inspires new posts. Immersing the body reminds us of mythical merfolk and sea gods. (When I say "us," I mean "me" but I invite vicarious participation by blog readers.)

Ys
The Gods end their covenant with Ys.
The Sea/Lir drowns and destroys Its/His fabulous city.
By divine design, Ys is forgotten except as legend and fiction.
Even the Three of Ys have, like the Olympians, withdrawn before the new God born in the reign of Augustus at the dawn of the Age of Pisces.
Ysan philosophers know that ancestral myths are symbols, not literal truths, that different Gods can represent a single Being as different words represent a single thing and that meanings and the very heavens change through the aeons although "'...the reality of Heaven endures.'" (See here.)

Dennitza
Dennitza is protected by St Kossara.
Shortly before she was martyred, Kossara, praying for her murdered family and household, asked the Father to receive them, Jesus to absolve them, Mary to comfort them and the Spirit to shine upon them.
She brings peace to Dennitza through the valor of Gospodar Bodin Miyatovich who raised and prayed at her tomb.
It is hoped that God will continue to send folk like these and that they will hearten every Dennitzan.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I would argue with the Ysan philosophers that I don't believe WISHES to be known or represented under the names of many different gods. If these philosophers believe there is only one God, does it truly make sense for God to be known under the names of many false, in the sense of nonexistent, gods? No, either the monotheism reasoned about by philosophers like Plato and Aristotle or the revelation of that God thru Moses and the prophets of Israel, makes more sense.

And I would certainly be heartened, cheered, encouraged, etc., by saints and heroes like St. Kossara and Gospodar Bodin! And, for that matter, Dominic Flandry as well!

Sean