Grodna (Blake)
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In the mythological writings of William Blake, Grodna is the third son of Urizen.[1]
In Chapter VIII of The Book of Urizen his birth is described:
- Grodna rent the deep earth, howling
- Amaz'd; his heavens immense cracks
- Like the ground parched with heat,[...]
His identification is with the classical element Earth, in the alignment of Urizen's four sons.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Damon, Samuel Foster (1988). A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake. UPNE. p. 168. ISBN 9780874514360.