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The name of the Gyre is derived from William Butler Yeats's poem ''The Second Coming'', which opens with the line "Turning and turning in the widening gyre". The description of the Nephilim in Resheph's annals references the famous ending lines: "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,/Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" | The name of the Gyre is derived from William Butler Yeats's poem ''The Second Coming'', which opens with the line "Turning and turning in the widening gyre". The description of the Nephilim in Resheph's annals references the famous ending lines: "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,/Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" | ||
The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the ten plagues of Egypt | The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the Biblical ten plagues of Egypt: | ||
# ''Dam'' - Water turning to blood | # ''Dam'' - Water turning to blood | ||
# '' | # ''Tzefarde'a'' - Frogs | ||
# ''Kinim'' - Lice or gnats | # ''Kinim'' - Lice or gnats | ||
# ''Arov'' - Wild animals or flies | # ''Arov'' - Wild animals or flies | ||
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# ''Barad'' - Storm of hail and fire | # ''Barad'' - Storm of hail and fire | ||
# ''Arbeh'' - Locusts devouring crops | # ''Arbeh'' - Locusts devouring crops | ||
# '' | # ''Choshekh'' - Three days of darkness | ||
# ''Makat | # ''Makat Bechorot'' - Death of the firstborn | ||
Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is | Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is directly derived from "tzefarde'im", the plural of "tzefarde'a"), glotrot and ironshank parallel the diseases, girshlings parallel the various insects but especially the locusts, vantablooms parallel the three days of darkness, and the Nephilim eating the young of Qud parallels the death of the firstborn. | ||
[[Category: Narrative Entities]] | [[Category: Narrative Entities]] | ||