
Ophelia, one of my oldest and most frequently drawn characters. Yet she has gone unposted until now. She is a librarian, an occultist, and an intellectual disciple of the theologian Anne Conway as well as the psychologist Karen Horney. Ophelia is perhaps more of an alter-ego of mine than other characters that I have used as stand-ins for myself or fursonas. I've previously only talked about this character with my wife who has told me to start posting her and telling her story.
I do this tentatively, this character is a personification of my own Anima. Her story is a mirror of my own exploration of subjects that are esoteric in nature an I find difficult to articulate.
I've said before that my characters represent a nephilim race, the mouse lineage is the least human of this line. I have previously depicted them performing metaphysical experiments and writing in angelic script. There is a story and history I want to tell that is either too early or to late to be received.
I do this tentatively, this character is a personification of my own Anima. Her story is a mirror of my own exploration of subjects that are esoteric in nature an I find difficult to articulate.
I've said before that my characters represent a nephilim race, the mouse lineage is the least human of this line. I have previously depicted them performing metaphysical experiments and writing in angelic script. There is a story and history I want to tell that is either too early or to late to be received.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
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Gender Female
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She's a cute little thing, and smart is always a great attribute (my girlfriend is far smarter than I am).
I think -- but I'm not sure -- that my understanding of your use of the word Nephilim may be at odds with my own. To me, it traditionally translates as Giants, as in, "There were Giants in the Earth in those days." It isn't always a bad connotation, but some references suggest they were the sons of fallen Angels. While the general consensus seems to be that Goliath was not a Nephilim, his behavior suggested that he might be related.
I think -- but I'm not sure -- that my understanding of your use of the word Nephilim may be at odds with my own. To me, it traditionally translates as Giants, as in, "There were Giants in the Earth in those days." It isn't always a bad connotation, but some references suggest they were the sons of fallen Angels. While the general consensus seems to be that Goliath was not a Nephilim, his behavior suggested that he might be related.
The giant weren't the only line to come from the mingling of humans with angels and demons. In the Zohar the cynocephaly are said to be another such people. My own lore my therianthrope peoples are a group that had their forebears take a more human like form so that they could house a human soul. While this limits them in the mundane world it provides the potential to ascend above the angelic court after death.
Saint Christopher, in some sects, was described as a cynocephalic wild man who even ate human flesh. When he met the Christ child, he cast off and disavowed his past. Upon baptism, his fearful visage was replaced with a human one.
Of all the Egyptian netjer, Inpu (whose name the Greeks roughly translated as Anubis) is my favorite. If you believed in their mythology, Anubis was your best friend in the next world. I started writing a story where Anubis was an average Joe, living in my world of sentient mammals, cast into the human world by an unfortunate accident. He manages to prove his worth to his new hosts and lives out the rest of his life with the weird airless apes.
Of all the Egyptian netjer, Inpu (whose name the Greeks roughly translated as Anubis) is my favorite. If you believed in their mythology, Anubis was your best friend in the next world. I started writing a story where Anubis was an average Joe, living in my world of sentient mammals, cast into the human world by an unfortunate accident. He manages to prove his worth to his new hosts and lives out the rest of his life with the weird airless apes.
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