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Fly back to the nest, you two crows!
Whisper to your Master,
All you have heard on this Rhine!
Race past the rocks of Brunnhilde!
There is a blazing flame,
It will lead the fire god Logue to the Temple of Valhalla!
The end of the gods has now risen and emerged.
Just like that
I threw the charcoal fire at it
Between the palatial temples of Valhalla.
——— Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungen
Part IV : Twilight of the Gods
Act III, Act III
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Twilight of the Gods – The Illusions and Prophecies in A Song of Ice and Fire, Book VI
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Note: This article is an interpretation of the illusion in the chapter of The Six Wet Hair Irun revealed, and readers who have not read the chapter should make up for it first.
Zero, the introducer
In the mythology of king Edward I of Scotland around King Arthur, the wizard Merlin is an indispensable figure. The miracles he performed and the prophecies he made left many mysteries and speculations for posterity. One of the prophecies reads:
The eagle that tore up the contract will rejoice at the third nesting.
Later English scholars believe that the eagle here refers to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and that the broken contract refers to the dissolution of the unhappy marriage with the monk King, King Louis VII. What does "third nesting" mean? According to the way the Chinese people think, the third nesting may be interpreted as the third marriage, but the soothsayers in England believe that the third nesting here refers to the birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the famous and well-known Lionheart King Richard. He was eleanor's favorite son.
The interpretation of this prophecy tells us that prophecy will use animal-related content to refer to people, things, and things. If you want to interpret prophecy, you need to use reality and prophecy to corroborate each other. For illusions and prophecies in ice and fire, we should compare and corroborate them with the descriptions in the book, and we should interpret them in a related and comprehensive way of thinking. Below, Ben Fat leads the kings through the fog, unveiling the veil, so that the illusions and prophecies in the volume six Iren POV are more clearly presented to us.
Is there really a war of the gods?
In Iren's POV, he had seen the following vision:
"On the tip of the long gun, there are the corpses of the gods. There are maidens, heavenly fathers, virgins, warriors, old women and blacksmiths, and even strangers. Hanging side by side with them are strange gods from exotic lands. There are the supreme shepherds of the Lazarins, the black goat of Kohor, the three gods of Tylosi, the pale saint Bakaron, the King of Light, and the butterfly god of Naas. And the drowning gods. The corpse, which had swollen to a green color and had been swallowed in half by the crab, festered like the other gods, and the sea was still ticking at the ends of his hair. ”
In the article "On Ice Magic and Fire Magic in the World of Ice and Fire", I mentioned that ice and fire are a low-magic world, and even the cold god and the red god are only two magical forces rather than personified gods. Ben Fat believes that there will be no war of gods in ice and fire, and that the gods in this illusion only represent people who believe in the above gods, are ravaged and even tortured. The attentive reader will find that the old gods and the cold gods are not included in the above gods. Ben Fat believes that this is because the land of the old gods and cold gods has not been plundered by Yu Lun, so their corpses are not inserted in the long tip of the gun.
2. What is a Sphinx?
Forced to drink the Water of the Night Shadow, Iren saw the many visions that Yuren wanted him to see. One of the illusions describes it this way:
Yuren then raised a giant trumpet to his mouth and blew it, and the dragon, sea monster, and Sphinx came to him and bowed down in front of him.
The giant trumpet here is the trumpet of the dragon called the Dragon Bound man blown by the bald giant under Yu Lun at the Fourth Election King. The book about this giant trumpet describes it like this:
The crooked horn flashed with a black light, and it was taller than the man, so he had to hold it in both hands and play it. The horns are covered with stripes of red gold and black iron, and when the trumpet rises, the ancient Valyrian inscriptions carved on the stripes begin to turn red.
The dragon and the sea monster refer to Daenerys's dragon and iron people, which represent the two political and military forces of Daenerys and iron people, respectively. So what is a Sphinx? Seeing this, Ben Fat's first reaction was that the Sphinx here should refer to the school city, because when Sam first arrived at the school city, he saw two Sphinx statues at the gate of the school city - "On both sides of the school gate there are a pair of tall green Sphinx statues, a lion's body, an eagle wing, and a snake's tail, one of which has a man's face and the other a woman's face." Perhaps some readers will first think of Lalesa, nicknamed Sphinx, after seeing the Sphinx. Ben Fat disagrees with this view, just imagine, what is the significance of a mere Laresa's allegiance to Yulen? Not to mention that the English version uses plural sphinxes instead of singular sphinx. So the Sphinx in this illusion must refer to the school city? Ben Fat felt that there was another possibility. Volume 1 has this description:
The furnishings of the chamber are extremely ornate. Mill carpets are laid on the floor, not corduroy mats. In the corner of the room is a wooden screen from the Midsummer Islands, carved with hundreds of lifelike and colorful exotic animals. The walls are covered with exquisite tapestries from Novus, Kohor and Reese. Flanked by a pair of statues of The Sphinx of Valyria, rounded red garnet eyes glowing at the black marble face.
In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, the Valyrian Sphinx is the Sphinx of the Valyrians, which has the appearance of a human face, a lion body, and an eagle wing. The Sphinx is usually placed at the entrance of important places to play a role in warding off evil spirits and guarding. There is a pair of Sphinxes at the entrance of the school town, as does the door of the Red Fort Council Chamber. Compared with the two, Ben Fat felt that the illusionary Sphinx was more likely to refer to the King's Landing ruler sitting on the Iron Throne and sitting in the Council Chamber. Here's why:
After Iren saw the dragon, the sea monster, and the Sphinx, he saw Yuren sitting on the Iron Throne. The Iron Throne is exactly what Yu Lun's ambitions are aimed at. He once said this to The Iron Man at the Election of the King:
"But I will bring you Lannis Harbor, Gaoting, Qingting Island, Old Town, Inter-Riverland and RiverBend Land, Royal Forest and Rainforest, Dorne Territory and Frontier Land, Bright Moon Mountains and Erin Valley, Tas and Stone Steps Archipelago. I promise that we will come to the world! I promise we'll get the whole of Westeros. There is no doubt that for the supreme glory of our drowning gods. ”
Folks, if the current rulers of King's Landing— if Sphinx refers to them — submit to Ullen on the Iron Throne, it means that Ullen has received the entire King's Landing and achieved a change of dynasty. Is there a stronger symbolism than that? Isn't that exactly what Yu Lun had asked for all his life? Personally, the visions that Irun sees are all the ones that Irun wants Irun to see, and these visions are not prophecies that can be fulfilled in the future, they are just illusions of Yuren's personal ambitions, and they are presented in Iren's dreams through the apparitions of dragons, Sphinxes, and sea monsters.
In addition, since the dragon, sea monster, and sphinx are juxtaposed, they must have common characteristics. Dragons and sea monsters are political forces with armies, and so should the Sphinx. Although The School City is a political force, the School City does not have an army. And those in charge of King's Landing are undoubtedly a political force with armies, and they share the same characteristics as dragons and sea monsters, and it is more logical for Sphinx to refer to them.
"A corpse standing on the bow of a ship" refers to Irun?
Her silver horse stepped across the prairie to a dark stream, above which was the Sea of Stars. A corpse stood on the bow of the ship, its stiff face with a pair of sparkling eyes and gray lips smiling sadly. The crack in the ice wall opened up a blue rose, emitting an incomparably sweet breath... Mother of Dragons, Bride of Fire...
It is a set of illusions that Daenerys saw in the Temple of Immortality after drinking the water of the Night's Shadow. Her silver horse stepped across the prairie to a dark stream, above which was the Sea of Stars. The vision refers to Dany's first marriage to Drogokao. The crack in the ice wall opened a turquoise rose, exuding an incomparably sweet breath This illusion is about Dany's third marriage, and mainstream speculation is that Dany's marriage partner is Jon Snow. The stiff face has a pair of sparkling eyes, and the gray lips smile sadly naturally refer to Dani's second marriage, so who is her marriage partner? A long time ago, foreign fans of ice and fire fans and Tieba pointed out that gray corresponds to grey, and smile corresponds to joy, so a corpse, Dani's second marriage, is the marriage partner of a certain Greyjoy. And Iren's POV once wrote:
This time, the mute crew no longer dragged Iren off deck, but tied him to the bow of the Serenity and tied him to the bow of the Serenity.
This seems to prove that Dany's second husband was none other than this Greyjoy named Iren. Then Ben Fat did not agree with this view, Ben Fat thought that the body of the standing bow was not only Irun but also viktalion, he should be Sitzdara Zo Lorak! Here's why:
First, Sitzdala is Daenerys' righteous husband.
In the past, a friend once told me that Sitzdara was not Daenerys' real husband. My answer is: Sitzdala and Dany were in full view of the people, according to the Giscali marriage custom at the Temple of The Grace, and the two have been rounded, how come they are not a formal couple? Look at what the original book says:
Holy, your wedding to Sitzdala must take place at the Temple of Grace and all the Nobles of Mirin are invited to witness it. The saints carried out an ivory chair and a golden bowl. Daenerys Targaryen lifted the toka robe as gracefully as possible to prevent the tassels from pressing on the soft velvet chair. Sitzdala Zor Lorak knelt on her knees, untied Dany's sandals, and washed her feet in the chants of fifty eunuchs and under the gaze of ten thousand eyes. His hands were gentle, and as the warm sesame oil flowed through Dani's toes, she thought to herself that if his heart were equally gentle, I might end up liking him.
After washing her feet, Sitzdala dried Dany with a soft towel, re-tied her sandals, and helped her stand up. Arm in arm, they followed the Green Virgin into the temple. The air in the temple was filled with a thick incense, and the gods of Guise stood in the shadows of the shrine.
Four hours later, they reappeared as a couple with gold chains tied between their wrists, ankles and ankles.
According to the original description, there is no doubt that Sitzdara Zo Lorak is Dany's second husband!
Second, the gray and smiling in the illusion should be interpreted differently.
Kings may wish to regard prophecies or illusions as expressions of information attached to one or more vehicles. When one vector cannot adequately express the message, prophecies or illusions resort to more vectors. To illustrate this point, Ben Fat gives an example:
I dreamed of a faceless man, waiting on a rickety rope bridge with a drowning crow perched on his shoulder, with seaweed hanging from its wings.
According to later conversations between the ghost of noble hearts and Lemon and others, we learn that this illusion refers to the ghost of noble hearts dreaming that Balon Greyjoy will be killed by the Faceless. The man without a face refers to the faceless, and the rope bridge refers to the place of death of Baron. How to die, and for whom did the mastermind express it in this prophecy? Ben Fat believes that the seaweed hanging from the wings of the drowned crow is another carrier besides the faceless man. Drowning and seaweed heraldEdual Baron's death by drowning. The crow on the shoulder of the Faceless man refers to Yu Lun as the mastermind. Why do you say that crows represent Julen? Look at the personal coat of arms of Yu Lun:
Ben Fat thinks of a corpse standing on the bow of a ship... This vision bears similarities with the way the prophecy of the ghost of the noble heart is interpreted. The crow that drowns on the shoulder of the faceless is equivalent to the gray lips on the face of the zombie, and the sad smile is to the zombie. Drowned crows and gray lips, sad smiles speak of the way prophecies, illusions, and objects of death.
If gray lips and a sad smile refer to the way Dany's second husband, Sitzdallah, died, how could this be interpreted? Ben Fat's "Three Sons" published last March in The Song of Ice and Fire Post Bar, Daenerys Targaryen (no joy, please spray lightly) has interpreted this:
"A corpse stands on the bow of the ship, with a pair of sparkling eyes on the frozen face, and gray lips smiling sadly" The illusion landlord felt that it could be analyzed like this: "A corpse stood on the bow of the ship", referring to the way Thatzdala died by being sacrificed by Weta to the drowning god. "There is a pair of sparkling eyes on the frozen face", this sentence refers to Sitzdara.
There is a detail in Book V that Balistan Selmi once called Sitzdara His Majesty, and Sitzdallah asked Ballistan to change his speech and asked Ballistan to call him Bright Light or Holy Lord.
"A pair of sparkling eyes" should correspond to bright light. "Gray lips with a sad smile", it was mentioned very early in this bar, gray corresponds to grey, smile corresponds to joy, and Greyjoy is Weta's surname (but Ben Fat does not agree that Greyjoy is Danny's second husband). So the illusion of "a corpse standing on the bow of a ship, with a pair of sparkling eyes on a frozen face and gray lips smiling sadly" refers to two people, one thing. The two men are Sitzdara and Vita, and one thing is that Vita sacrificed Sitzdara to the god of drowning.
Third, killing Sitzdallah was originally Weta's intention.
Some people may ask, Shan Fat, how are you sure that Viktarion will eventually drown Sitzdara and sacrifice him to the drowning god? On this issue, Ben Fat also asked you to read this description in the book:
At sunset, when the sea turned inky black and the swollen sun stained the sky a deep blood-red color, Victoron finally returned to deck. He was completely naked from the waist up, and the blood on his left hand was stained to his elbow. The crew muttered quietly and gathered around, exchanging uncertain glances. The commander raised a charred hand, wisps of black smoke rising from his fingers. He pointed to the Bachelor, "Grabbed him, cut his throat, and threw himself into the sea." For this reason we will get a tailwind and go all the way to Mirin. Marcillo foresaw this in the flame, and he saw the despicable wedding. What does that matter? Viktarion Greyjoy has created more widows than her in her life.
This passage not only tells us that Sitzdala is Dany's righteous second husband, it also tells us that Weta had originally planned to kill Sitzdala. Therefore, the gray lips and sad smile refer to Weta, and "a corpse standing on the bow of the ship" refers to Weta's sacrifice of Sitzdara to the drowning god.
4. Summary
1. The illusion of a zombie is the second in the group of illusions of the Bride of Fire, after the Silver Horse Prairie, before the turquoise roses that open from the cracks in the ice wall. It describes Dany's second marriage. According to the original description, Dany's second marriage was husband who was Szdalla Zo Lolac.
2. A corpse standing on the bow of a ship refers to the way Sitzdara died – being sacrificed to the god of drowning, and the gray lips and sad smile refer to the Vita who sacrificed Sitzdara.
5. Concluding remarks
A thousand readers will see a thousand Hamlets. The same prophecy or illusion must be interpreted differently. If my views are at odds with those of the officials, please don't worry about them, just discuss the study of ice and fire. Due to time and space limitations, this article only interprets some of the illusions in Iren's POV. Ben Fat believes that it does not matter how much is interpreted, what is important is how to interpret prophecies or illusions. I think we should use a connected, comprehensive way of thinking, abandon the tendency from emotional factors, break the shackles of preconceived ideas, summarize various clues, confirm each other, comprehensively analyze, and finally integrate. Only in this way can we lift the heavy black clouds and enjoy a bright moon.
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<h3>What is twilight of the gods? What is the similarity with Elan's dream</h3>
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<h3>What is the twilight of the gods? What is the similarity with Elan's dream</h3>
Black Castle Nini answered Pillow Master:
The first thing in the twilight of the gods: mankind is facing a long and harsh winter, and the earth is frozen with strong wind and snow in all directions, and there is no sunlight, and the world has no warmth (familiar eyes). The second thing: Fenrir the wolf breaks free of the shackles created by the gods (familiar), and the poisonous dragon Nedhogg hollows out the deep roots of the World Tree. Then the twilight of the gods began.
In the midst of the fierce waves, a ship made of the fingernails of a dead man appeared, and The Queen of the Dead, Hull, stood at the bow of the ship.
Black Dragon Ned Hogg (reincarnation of the Black Death Bellerion?) Flying over the battlefield, its wings making a terrifying noise, greedily nibbling at blood-stained corpses that were still warm.
The giant wolf Fenrir opened its huge mouth that was large enough to hold the heavens and the earth, and the eyes and nostrils were bursting with flames, and the eyes glowed like lightning, and at once the main god Odin was the result. The battlefield is piled with the corpses of gods, giants and monsters. The world tree that supports the universe was also engulfed in flames and collapsed, and the entire universe was destroyed. This is the "twilight of the gods" in Norse mythology, the end of the world.
But the end is actually a new beginning. The remnants of the gods came to a new universe, gushing out of the sea beneath their feet a new land, a new world. The seawater-purified land is growing greener and more lush than before, and the land is revived.
So who will be the "remnants" of the last volume of "Dream of Spring Dawn" in Martin's plan? Let's take a guess
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