What's the Story behind DWOT?

[Ironsmelter]

I have difficulty connecting the lyrics with a story.Does it tell a myth?

 

[Luis]

The lyrics of TDWOT are based on Dante´s Divine Comedy and the history of Archangel Gabriel.

 

[Ironsmelter]

Thanx!!!

 

[Demonspell]

We had a thread about this not too long ago...many assume that it's loosely based on Paradise Lost, but it's far from certain...

 

[dargormudshark]

I am 99.9% sure it is based on Paradise Lost.

 

[Beelzebub]

I thought it was based on The Divine Comedy as well.

"Abandon all hope ye who enter here" was what the sign above hell said.

 

[The Stormbringer]

One part of the story ("v. The Prophet's Cry") is also based on Gustay Holst's suite "The Planets".

 

[dargormudshark]

Are you sure it's not the bringer of war. Because the intro sound alot like Mars, the bringer of war. Also, King Crimson did that with a song called mars and it is exactly the same thing. By intro I mean after the acapella vocals at the beginning.

 

[Beelzebub]

Are you sure it's not the bringer of war. Because the intro sound alot like Mars, the bringer of war. Also, King Crimson did that with a song called mars and it is exactly the same thing. By intro I mean after the acapella vocals at the beginning.

Yes, they got that part (the intro, that is) from Holst. "The Planets" is split into parts, each part named after each planet. Mars, The Bringer of War is the fourth part.

 

[dargormudshark]

Yes, they got that part (the intro, that is) from Holst. "The Planets" is split into parts, each part named after each planet. Mars, The Bringer of War is the fourth part.

No, Mars, The bringer of war is the first part of the planets

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Wasn't the choral part from Bach?

 

[dargormudshark]

Wasn't the choral part from Bach?

I would not be suprised

 

[Granskog]

could someone please enlighten me what "paradise lost" is all about??


my interpretation is that its about (a) god who has lost his/hers believers.

 

[dargormudshark]

It is about Satan's fall from heaven and how he seeks revenge against god through poisoning mankind with evil. Basiclly I see it as a prequal to the bible. I have not read Paradise Regained.

 

[TotenMitMacht]

John Milton portrays Satan as a proud being who seeks revenge on God for being cast from heaven. His second-in-command, Beezelbub, suggests that he wage war on heaven, but Satan knows that he will be defeated if he does so, so he takes the form of a snake and persuades Eve to eat the apple.
Although the story is clearly very religious, Milton was suspected of being an Illuminatus.

 

[Dobbit]

I believe the choral intro is from Bach's Mass in B Minor.

 

[wicked34]

We had a thread about this not too long ago...many assume that it's loosely based on Paradise Lost, but it's far from certain...

yeah i remember that thread. i don't think we ever got a definite answer though. i would like you know once and for all what its about. and if someone thinks they really do know, i would like to know where they got their information from. just out of curiosity.

 

[Asgath]

Always reminds me of The Wheel of Time books, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with them.

 

[dargormudshark]

John Milton portrays Satan as a proud being who seeks revenge on God for being cast from heaven. His second-in-command, Beezelbub, suggests that he wage war on heaven, but Satan knows that he will be defeated if he does so, so he takes the form of a snake and persuades Eve to eat the apple.
Although the story is clearly very religious, Milton was suspected of being an Illuminatus.

Wow, I did'nt know that! I have a lot of interest in that whole conspiracy.

 

[The Wrath Divine]

Illuminatus? What conspiracy?