#ar ammons

[soracities]

A.R. Ammons, from "Auditions", The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons Volume 2: 1978-2005 [ID in ALT]

#q #lit #quotes #poetry #october #autumn #ar ammons #auditions #complete poems of ar ammons volume 2 #autumn dreaming #m #x

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of december

a.r. ammons collected poems: 1951-1971: "dunes"

jennifer robertson shrill shirts will always balloon

n. scott momaday in the presence of the sun: stories and poems, 1961-1991: "the delight song of tsoai-talee"

ted berrigan the collected poems of ted berrigan: "bean spasms"

natalie diaz when my brother was an aztec: "abecedarian requiring further examination of anglikan seraphym subjugation of a wild indian rezervation"

greg miller watch: "river"

joanna klink excerpts from a secret prophecy: "terrebonne bay"

dorothy dudley pine river bay

brenda shaughnessy our andromeda: "our andromeda"

frank lima incidents of travel in poetry: "orfeo"

lehua m. taitano one kind of hunger

no'u revilla kino

linda hogan when the body

paul verlaine one hundred and one poems by paul verlaine: a biligual edition: "moonlight" (tr. norman r. shapiro)

mahmoud darwish the butterfly's burden: "the cypress broke" (tr. fady joudah)

mahmoud darwish the butterfly's burden: "your night is of lilac"

amir rabiyah prayers for my 17th chromosome: "our dangerous sweetness"

sara nicholson the living method: "the end of television"

charles shields proposal for a exhibition

ginger murchison a scrap of linen, a bone: "river"

tsering wangmo dhompa virtual

anne carson the beauty of the husband: "v. here is my propaganda one one one one oneing on your forehead like droplets of luminous sin"

muriel rukeyser the collected poems of muriel rukeyser: "the book of the dead"

anne stevenson stone milk: "the enigma"

david tomas martinez love song

robert fitzgerald charles river nocturne

thomas mcgrath the movie at the end of the world: collected poems: "many in the darkness"

linda rodriguez heart's migration: "the amazon river dolphin"

donald revell the glens of cithaeron

sumita chakraborty dear, beloved

angela jackson and all these roads be luminous: "miz rosa rides the bus"

kofi

#tbr #poetry #poetry list #tbr list #ar ammons #collected poems: 1951-1971 #collected poems #a.r. ammons #dunes #jennifer robertson #shrill shirts will always balloon #n. scott momaday #n scott momaday #in the presence of the sun #the delight song of tsoai-talee #ted berrigan #the collected poems of ted berrigan #bean spasms #natalie diaz #when my brother was an aztec #abecedarian requiring further examination of anglikan seraphym subjugation of a wild indian rezervation #angela jackson #miz rosa rides the bus #and all these roads be luminous #ginger murchison #greg miller #watch #dorothy dudley #pine river bay #robert fitzgerald

[shy-girl04]

STILLS

I have nowhere

to go and

nowhere to go

when I get

back from there

A.R. Ammons

#poetry #words #stills #ar ammons #train #travelling

[girlwithlandscape]

A.R. Ammons

#a.r. ammons #ar Ammons #poetry #poem #quote #existential angst #despair #depression

[vestal-vermin]

A.R. Ammons, The Watch

#AR Ammons #the watch #poetry #ar ammons

[dysphoresque]

— A.R. Ammons, Mission

#ar ammons #mission #quotes #words #anxiety

[kamidukki]

[AKNK] Butler and Demon

List of butlers in akuneko and the demon with whom they're in contract. Included are information from main episodes (up to Ep. 3 "I can't believe anything") and event Captive Dolls.

Some notes before further reading:

🔹romanisation are taken from the Ars Goetia wiki page.

🔹the list is incomplete at the moment, either because of my mistake or the info simply hasn't not yet been released (filled in with 'unknown'). In case of the former, kindly inform me. [Additionally, there are some speculations on twitter about all the demons' name even though they haven't made an appearance yet in-game. This was made possible by finding the closest match between the butler's crest and the sigil of their allegedly corresponding demon]

🔹side effect is a rough translation of the word 代償/daishou (price) in game.

-First floor butlers-

Berrien

Demon's name: Belial/ベリアル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 6 pt. 14)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: to escape/avoid death

Side effect: (unknown)

Bastien

Demon's name: Orobas/オロバス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 14, appeared in picture that shows up in ep 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6)

Form: White fox

Power granted: an increase in weapon speed

Side effect: (unknown)

Lono

Demon's name: Ronove/ロノウェ (revealed in ep. 4 ch. 2 pt. 14)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases physical endurance (Lono survives a fall that'd kill him otherwise, but it doesn't exempt him from the pain)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Second floor butlers-

Haures

Demon's name: Flauros/フラウロス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 3 pt. 24)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases comrade's fighting skill

Side effect: (unknown)

Boschi

Demon's name: Zaebos/ザエボス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 5 pt 16)

Form: black leopard

Power granted: temporary increases the upper limit of phyisical ability

Side effect: consumes a large amount of energy

Fennesz

Demon's name: Phenex/フェネクス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 26)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: an ability to memorise everything/any book just by reading it once

Side effect: (unknown)

Ammon

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Third floor butlers-

Lucas

Demon's name: Foras/フォラス (revealed in ep. 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6, then in details in ep. 3 ch. 5 part 20)

Form: white lion

Power granted: finding out someone's chance of survival when they're in the verge of death

Side effect: (unknown)

Lamli

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

Nac

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Basement butlers-

Miyaji

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases speed/agility, possibly fighting prowess as well

Side effect: a change in physical appearance and general attitude (ch. 10 of event Captive Dolls), nightmares (Miyaji 1st Anniversary card story 「不器用な怒り」)

Flure

Demon's name: Furfur/フルフル (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 16)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases sense of aesthetic and artistic faculty

Side effect: (unknown)

Latto

Demon's name: Stolas/シトラス (revealed in ch. 9 of event Captive Dolls)

Form: white owl

Power granted: great hearing ability enhancement

Side effect: (unknown)

-Villa butlers-

Teddy

Demon's name: Forneus/フォルネウス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: white grizzly bear

Power granted: super strength

Side effect: intense hunger

Yuuhan

Demon's name: Marchosias/マルコシアス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: black she-wolf

Power granted: a temporary increase of fighting ability in line with the number of enemies defeated

Side effect: loss of consciousness

Hanamaru

Demon's name: Focalor/フォカロル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: a massive white horse akin to a griffin

Power granted: durability of weapon used in fighting (a blade that will remain unbroken no matter what)

Side effect: (unknown)

#akuneko #あくねこ #akuma shitsuji to kuroi neko #悪魔執事と黒い猫

[apocryphics]

devoured ar ammons’ stunning collection today; titled a coast of trees…it is so unbelievably masterful and stunning and gorgeous and haunting….

[wolfpoets]

we real cool by gwendolyn brooks

the cows at night by hayden carruth

play by ar ammons

x ray by dannie abse

closer by albert goldbarth

survivor walking by stephen sandy

i am learning to abandon the world by linda pastan

a death by thomas p lynch

a calling by maxine kumin

nurture by maxine kumin

to his pulse by robert b shaw

#huh. compiled this list when i was reading all the poetry books my library had to offer & then. never published it? #anyway. some neat ones in here. #saved poetry

[lucille-grim]

**THE TRUTH OF YYH: ADDED FOR CORRECTION**

Okay, upon furthering my research...

Yusuke is NOT Vishnu.

He's INDRA who is the actual Susanoo of Shinto-Buddhism.

No, Shiva is, in fact, Vishnu.

Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma are the three manifestations of THE GREAT GODDESS known as Lalita and she is Lakshmi who also happens to be Parvati (and her avatar forms), The Durga, Sati (one of their previous lives) and Saraswati, who are all the very power of the Trimurti (Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma).

Lakshmi was once Shachi who was also Indrani, Indra's first and original wife.

Shachi is Damkina, the original Ninhursag, of Ancient Mesopotamia, and Metis of Ancient Greece who became Aphrodite and Athena, and Freyja of Ancient Norse who was the original wife of Odin before Frigg; Goddess Freyja was also Járnsaxa, Thor's first wife, who later evolved completely into Loki whose name was also Laki derived from Lakshmi, not just rooted in the name Loptr. Loki is himself and his two wives and all his children. Ganesha and Kartikeya are both manifestations of this goddess. In Shinto-Buddhism, she is the Sun Goddess and Moon God, yet, is also Okuninushi.

Indra is Susanoo, but he is also Zeus of Greece, Horus of Ancient Egypt, Odin and Thor of The Norse, and Enki who is Enlil, Ninazu, Nergal, Dagon, Oannes, and Pazuzu of Ancient Mesopotamia.

This means Yusuke's demon name are: Kimaris, Purson, Dagon, and Pazuzu (Zozo).

All of Kuwabara's demon names are legitimatly are as follows: Samael (Enma being the imposter), Lucifer, Shemyaza, Azazel, King Paimon, Mephistopheles, Sitri, Baal, Beelzebub, and Astaroth.

In Vedic Texts: A war broke out over humanity and Indra casted Shiva down, striking Shiva, who Indra then binded.

In Sumerian Cuneiform Texts: A war broke out over humanity, Ishtaran being struck down by Enlil who then binded Ishtaran.

Ishtaran literally means "the two Ishtars", Ishtar being Inanna who is Aphrodite, Athena, Isis of Ancient Egypt, along with Sekhmet who is also Hathor and Bastet and Maat, Freyja, Brigid, and Lakshmi. Ishtaran was also known as Damu who is Dumuzi, Damu who is also known as Ningishzida. Ningishzida is the Sukkal of Damkina, Ningishzida being originally female, but he was also known as Gizida. Dumuzi who is Sin, Nanna, Ningal, Anzu, Abu, and Baal who is Baal Hadad, and the Goddess Dumuzi. Dumuzi is also Cronos who is also Chronos who is Anu and who is the Apsu, but he is also Osiris. Dumuzi derives his powers from Utu, Baal Hadad is Shamash who is Utu. Utu is Apollo of Ancient Greece, Surya and Mitra of Hinduism who are Shiva and Vishnu, Lugh of Celticism, Freyr of The Norse, Amun Ra (not Amen Ra) of Egypt who is Min and Ammon (not Amon) who is Khnum, Aphophis, etc... Set is Thoth who is Anubis (Thanatos of Ancient Greece), Ningishzida and Hermes and Pan (who is Enkimdu of Ancient Sumer and Min of Ancient Egypt), he is also the Dark Side of Osiris, Typhon of Ancient Greece who is Vitra from Hinduism who is Orochi from Shinto-Buddhism...

Damkina is Hathor of Egypt, who is Heket who is Hecate of Ancient Greece, and who is Maat who is Athena. Damkina is Ki who is Nammu who is Tiamat who is The Leviathan. Tiamat who is Echidna of Ancient Greece.

Kuwabara is Tiamat who is also Mushussu, the Beast of Utu, who was defeated and put on a leash by Marduk, Marduk who is Amen Ra who is Abraxas, Marduk who is Ares who is St. Michael the Archangel, Abraxas who is YHWH and Jesus Christ, and whom where the words "Abracadabra" and "Open Seseme" originate from.

Osiris is also Hades and Dionysus who is Shemyaza who is Lucifer, Azazel, and King Paimon. Osiris is also Cernunnos who is Loki, Pan, Hern the The Hunter, Bellius, The Green Man, The Holly King, Ahriman, and Shiva. Shemyaza is Melek Taus, who is also Kartikeya.

The Headless Rite is a ritual performed that is about resurrecting Osiris from the dead where he becomes (Amun Ra) Re. Re is part of the Egyptian Trinity also consisting of Ptah and Amun, all three being one and the same.

Thoth is Ganesha in Hinduism, Ganesha was formed by the skin, soap, and lotion off Parvati's body when Parvati created him. Thoth is paired with Isis, while Hermes is paired with Aphrodite, while Shiva is paired with Parvati, and while Dumuzi is paired with Inanna for the teachings of the Hieros Gamos, that is "The Sacred Marriage". What is The Sacred Marriage? It is the harmonization of both masculine and feminine energies within the soul. Thoth is Mephistopheles.

Set is Sitri who, like the other personas, has a female form.

Shemyaza is two Islamic goddesses known as Lat (A-Lat) and Ouza, King Paimon being an avatar form of Goddess Kaalii.

Inanna is Ishtar but also Ashtar and Astarte who is Astaroth.

Dumuzi is Baal who is Baal Hadad who is Beelzebub. He is also Baal Berith who is Nimrod. Dumuzi is also Tammuz. Dumuzi is also a Marsh Goddess and not merely Dumuzi The Fisherman and Dumuzi The Shepherd and shares the same epithets with Inanna that Inanna has.

Utu is Azazel who is Azazil who is Iblis. Azazel is originally Shemyaza.

...

I HAVE A THEORY ABOUT YOKO KURAMA'S AND HIEI'S ROLES IN THIS STORY:

I believe Kurama is a part of Yusuke as Yusuke is apart of Yusuke Urameshi.

The same goes for Hiei.

These two are aspects that are branches separated from one source or soul, that is, two personas who have manifested and having separate lives and wills of their own.

Kurama has the wisdom and intelligence and mischief of Enki and Dagon...

While Hiei displays traits, especially in personality, that fit Nergal and Pazuzu.

Yusuke is Enlil entirely. One of Enki's epithets is "The Little Enlil". Enlil and Enki also share the same role as being Dagon.

Kuwabara is, indeed, "The Snake" in this story...

A snake who is actually a GODDESS.

But... a shape-shifting goddess.

Dionysus is Phanes who is Lucifer.

Phanes is THE CREATOR.

Which means Kuwabara is IZANAGI.

That being said, Anubis created the Underworld in Egypt but allowed Osiris to rule...

While Tiamat created the Underworld in Sumer.

Hades was forced to live in the Underworld, Poseidon having to before him, Hades himself being Poseidon known by another name...

Izanami and Izanagi are the SAME person.

And Okuninushi once RULED the Underworld before Emma did, Okuninushi who also once owned the Earth, especially the rice fields of Japan... Rice fields who are ruled by and associated with the goddess who happens to be Susanoo's first wife:

Dragons and snakes are associated with the FEMALE SEX worldwide, despite them usually being stated as being male. They're females wanting to be males, women wanting to be men.

To sometimes war and beat/tame a dragon is the same theme as William Shakespeare's "The Taming of The Shrew". Other times, its more tragic than that.

A "Shrew" is a derogatory term for a volatile, aggressive, violent and nagging woman.

Kazuma Kuwabara really fits that description in male form.

And remember what Botan said, herself wondering out loud to Kuwabara's Posse:

"WERE THOSE TWO MARRIED IN A PREVIOUS LIFE?"

THIS FANTASY IS ODDLY ACCURATE IN SOME WEIRD WAY:

Kuwabara's "obsession" with Yusuke is because of all this.

And why they have such a strong relationship and why they were meant to become close, starting out as rivals becoming BEST FRIENDS.

THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED:

But most publishing companies, even in Japan, are choosy and picky because of their Western World audiences they cater to.

But whatever yaoi (male x male) pairings are of your choosing when it comes to pairing the Reikai Tantei with each other, all work.

WANT MORE PROOF:

#yu yu hakusho #yyh #kazuma kuwabara #kuwabara kazuma #yusuke urameshi #kuwabara #hiei #kurama #urameshi yusuke #anime

[torais-life]

5th portion-Parshah Devarim(english)

5th Portion: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 2:2-30

2And the Lord spoke to me, saying,

3You have circled this mountain long enough; turn northward.

4And command the people saying, You are about to pass through the boundary of your kinsmen, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. Be very careful.

5You shall not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land not so much as a foot step, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for an inheritance.

6You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat, and also water you shall buy from them with money, that you may drink.

7For the the Lord, your God, has blessed you in all the work of your hand; He knows of your walking through this great desert; these forty years that the Lord your God has been with you, you have lacked nothing.

8And we departed from our kinsmen, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by way of the plain from Elath and from Etzion Geber, and we turned and passed through the way of the desert of Moab.

9And the Lord said to me, Do not distress the Moabites, and do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land [as] an inheritance, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot [as] an inheritance.

10The Emim dwelt there formerly, a great and numerous people, and tall [in stature], as the Anakim;

11They also are considered Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

12And the Horites formerly dwelt in Seir, and the children of Esau were driving them out, and they exterminated them from before them and dwelt in their stead, just as the Israelites did to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord gave them.

13Now get up and cross the brook of Zered. So we crossed the brook of Zered.

14And the days when we went from Kadesh barnea, until we crossed the brook of Zered, numbered thirty eight years, until all the generation of the men of war expired from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord swore to them.

15Also the hand of the Lord was upon them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

16So it was, when all the men of war finished dying from among the people,

17that the Lord spoke to me saying,

18Today you are crossing the boundary of Moab at Ar.

19And when you approach opposite the children of Ammon, neither distress them, nor provoke them, for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon as an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot as an inheritance.

20It too is considered a land of Rephaim; Rephaim dwelt therein formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim.

21A great, numerous and tall people as the Anakim, but the Lord exterminated them before them, and they drove them out and dwelt in their stead.

22As He did to the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when He exterminated the Horites from before them; and they drove them out and dwelt in their stead even to this day.

23But the Avim, who dwell in open cities, up till Gaza -the Caphtorites, who came forth of Caphtor, exterminated them, and dwelt in their stead.

24Get up, journey, and cross the river Arnon. Behold, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: Begin to possess it, and provoke him to war.

25Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you upon the nations that are under the entire heaven, who will hear reports of you and shake and be in trepidation because of you.

26So I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

27"Allow me to pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right nor to the left."

28You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give to me water for money, that I may drink; I will only pass through by my feet.

29Just as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did for me; until I cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord our God is giving us."

30But Sihon, king of Heshbon, did not wish to let us pass by him, for the Lord your God caused his spirit to be hardened and his heart to be obstinate, in order that He would give him into your hand, as this day.

#parasha devarim #weekly parasha #torah portion #torah lovers #jumblr #shalom #biblia #simchat torah #torah study #judaism #am israel jai #israelites #childrens of the lord #childrens of israel #deuteronomy #bible blog

[soracities]

A.R. Ammons, from "Burnout in the Overshoot", The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons: Volume 2 1978-2005

#q #lit #quotes #poetry #a.r. ammons #burnout in the overshoot #complete poems of ar ammons volume ii #sing me down into the dark #typography #reading #m #x

[llovelymoonn]

favourite reads in september so far

aldo amparán the calling

a.r. ammons september drift

haruki murakami (tr. jay rubin) little green monster

kenzie allen end of the trail

katrina moinet nowhere else i need to be

rachel eliza griffith seeing the body: “illusion��

zach williams wood sorrel house

elizabeth alexander body of life: “equinox”

javier zamora second attempt crossing

kofi

#tbr #tbr list #poetry list #poetry #mine #kenzie allen #aldo amparan #aldo amparán #rachel eliza griffith #haruki murakmi #zach williams #jay rubin #katrina moinet #elizabeth alexander #ar ammons #a.r. ammons #javier zamora

[yoko-kurama-blog]

Enma is a lot of gods all over in different ancient cultures.

He's Ares the two-faced God of War in the form and sense of brutality, not strategy. Hera is Enyo who is Eris and Lamia, herself being Lilith, and Enyo is Ares's true wife despite him always going after Aphrodite who is Lucifer.

He's Marduk of ancient Sumer, who is Amen Ra (Not Amun Ra whom he usurped) and Amon Ra (not Ammon nor Min who are Amun Ra who is Re). He is Abraxas. Lilith herself became SARPANIT after the defeat of the original Anunna, herself being the sister of Marduk, Lilith and Marduk being the children of Enki who is Enlil, Dagon, Ninazu, Nergal, and Pazuzu. To remind you, Lilith was Yusuke's second wife during that lifetime, Yusuke's, Hieie's, and your second wife. Marduk always sought after Inanna who is Lucifer, wanting to kill Dumuzi who is Inanna herself known by another name.

He's Tyr of Norse Paganism, or at least became the new Tyr. He's Odin's favorite son, Vali, who killed Hodr (the blind god of DARKNESS and winter) to avenge Baldr, Hodr being Baldr's own dark side, whom both are Loki. Baldr is the God of Joy and Good Fortune. Loki tricked Hodr into killing Baldr with mistletoe since Frigg could care less to ask it to bring it no harm to Baldr, solidifying Baldr's death with a KISS. With Baldr dead, then Hodr afterward, Loki becomes the ultimate evil, especially after Loki refused to allow Baldr to return to shine his blessings upon the other deities. Tyr befriends and betrays Fenrir, Loki's son who is Loki himself in monstrous wolf form who happens to be Cerberus in Greek Paganism.

Enma is Yama who will be destroyed by Shiva.

Enma is a Asura who is Kali The Being who lusted after Lakshmi (for her power) since the very beginning of his existence.

Enma has always been after Lucifer.

He'll always be after Kuwabara until the end of Enma himself.

He seeks to smear the rest of you in the process, while hoping you three will never rise back up into power. He fears Kuwabara the most, though.

-- Kaguya Kuwabara

"That would make sense. Kazuma, from what you are describing, does seem out of all of us, to be the most powerful. So naturally Enma would fear him."

#yu yu hakusho #kurama #yyhask #yyh #askkurama

[craftylovegentlemen]

Deuteronomy

Chapter 2

1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

Deuteronomy 2

Diane Beauford

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Era ao ápice da noite que as estrelas dançavam e sorriam para Cassiopeia, deslizando aos ares em formas cintilantes; por vezes jurava enxergar uma fênix desbravando os céus, e outras poderia vislumbrar Orion, o Caçador, atirando com seu arco nas alturas. Aquilo fazia com se recordasse da história que provinha de seu nome Cassiopeiae — em grego clássico possuía variações, embora não fosse a melhor em grego antigo, apesar de entender. Na mitologia grega, era casada com Cefeu, Rei da Etiópia, mãe da princesa Andrômeda; a rainha era uma mulher vaidosa e arrogante, chegando a proclamar-se a mais bela e melhor que as nereidas (apesar de possui versões de que o elogio era dirigido à sua filha), contudo, a esposa de Poseidon, Anfitrite (o acaso é algo engraçado, visto seu interesse romântico), uma das Nereidas, sentiu-se ofendida e pediu ao deus dos mares para que castigasse a rainha pela sua ousadia. Poseidon enviou um monstro marinho para destruir o reino de Cefeu,  o qual foi alertado pelo Oráculo de Ammon que o monstro só seria aplacado se oferecessem Andrômeda como sacrifício, pelo que a princesa foi acorrentada a um rochedo; no entanto, Perseu viu-a e apaixonou-se por ela, de modo que mataria o monstro e a libertaria, caso fosse dada em casamento. Contudo, como toda bela e tragédia grega, a princesa já havia sido prometida a seu tio Fineu, o qual tramou contra Perseu, foi transformado em pedra, junto de seus companheiro, pela visão da cabeça de Medusa. Para não escapar ilesa de sua punição, Cassiopeiae foi transformada na constelação que leva o seu nome, de forma a passar a maior parte do tempo virada de cabeça para baixo.

Ela quase sentia-se tão amaldiçoada quanto a rainha. Sempre para baixo, virada ao avesso.