salai
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- Oct 31, 2023
- 28
Hello everyone,
I've always been very into Greek mythology, so when I was little I used to picture it as Thanatos, the greek god that indeed impersonates death. Flying with a pair of soft enormous wings, he would come when one's time has reached its end and warmly embrace them. Then he would take them to the gates of Tartarus, the underworld, and after reassuring them with his soothing eyes, he would take flight to guide another soul. That's what mythology says.
In my honest opinion, "death" isn't a collector nor a killer, it's just an eternity (that feels like a glimpse) of nothingness that mirrors the one that you spent before your birth. It's more like a wise woman, mother of everyone and everything: mysterious, sometimes cruel although keen to justice and equality.
She cares for her children very much, but she doesn't force them to stay with her, so she lets them explore the outside world for them to experience what is called "life", as she awaits them at home. It doesn't matter if you returns at vesper, at midnight or at dawn, she doesn't care what you'll become, your social status, gender or religion, you will be reunited with her when the time comes, and she will love you as she always did.
Most of her children start to fear or mistrust her when they're alive, and that's because they have no memory of being with her and obsess over the charming yet hypnotic woman whose name is "life". Nonetheless, when they'll see once again the house were they one lived with death, they will rush towards it, open the front door, and their mother will be putting on the most comforting smile, and say: "Welcome back, my child"
Thanks for reading this! I can't wait to read your opinions
I've always been very into Greek mythology, so when I was little I used to picture it as Thanatos, the greek god that indeed impersonates death. Flying with a pair of soft enormous wings, he would come when one's time has reached its end and warmly embrace them. Then he would take them to the gates of Tartarus, the underworld, and after reassuring them with his soothing eyes, he would take flight to guide another soul. That's what mythology says.
In my honest opinion, "death" isn't a collector nor a killer, it's just an eternity (that feels like a glimpse) of nothingness that mirrors the one that you spent before your birth. It's more like a wise woman, mother of everyone and everything: mysterious, sometimes cruel although keen to justice and equality.
She cares for her children very much, but she doesn't force them to stay with her, so she lets them explore the outside world for them to experience what is called "life", as she awaits them at home. It doesn't matter if you returns at vesper, at midnight or at dawn, she doesn't care what you'll become, your social status, gender or religion, you will be reunited with her when the time comes, and she will love you as she always did.
Most of her children start to fear or mistrust her when they're alive, and that's because they have no memory of being with her and obsess over the charming yet hypnotic woman whose name is "life". Nonetheless, when they'll see once again the house were they one lived with death, they will rush towards it, open the front door, and their mother will be putting on the most comforting smile, and say: "Welcome back, my child"
Thanks for reading this! I can't wait to read your opinions