Rio's Myths

20101111

Henderson the Rain King

That Biblical quote used, either at the end of ch. 7 or the beginning of 8, I'm using an audio book and jumping between listening devices so sorry for my inaccuracy, about Henderson's relationship to animals is Daniel 4:32 for those of you also in Bible as Literature with Michael. The link takes you to the KJV of the bible online so it should match your book verbatim and be a nice tool for the rest of your semester if you haven't used it already. The quote directly though is this;

Daniel 4:32
Viewing the 1769 King James Version. Click to switch to 1611 King James Version of Daniel 4:32

And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Just for those interested, the earlier translation is this:

Daniel 4:32
Viewing the 1611 King James Version. Click to switch to 1769 King James Version of Daniel 4:32

And they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eate grasse as oxen, and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, vntill thou know that the most high ruleth in the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will.

- 1611 King James Bible

Interesting links to myth though, of course a stretch but never too far as the Bible acts as a living book of myth and myth is always present whether in the present or not; driven from men to live with the beasts. Could this be interpreted as driven from the race of humans to reside as a beast? Not such a long leap after all, eh Actaeon? Or Pan? Or, really, nearly every other metamorphosis in the book that isn't into mineral or vegetable. Henderson the Rain King is full to overflowing with microcosmic myth references.

Beautiful.

Of course, I wouldn't drink out of there either...

20101110

Found a mention of a nymph in a song by Train called Save Me San Francisco. In this song it's a mention to the West Indian music style but it's fun to notice it as a mythological name and then learn of the modern use of it. Proof, yet again, that myth, like rock and roll, lives on!

Just another interesting mythological connection if any of you are space nerds like I am. Jupiter is, it seems, getting his belt back which he'd taken off early this year if this water I'm drinking isn't Lethean.