Sunday 13 January 2019

Old Father And Stranger

Taking a break from writing about religion (see Current Agenda), I remember an example of time travel-religion interaction that should have been included in
Saving The Historical Appearances. See:

The Little Monster III
Endings And Beginnings

Old Father sent stranger (a time traveler).
Stranger was Old Father?
Stranger gave holy fire which will never die.

Pithecanthropean Christianity, almost.

5 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Re "The Little Monster":

What or who was Old Father to the Pithecanthropines? A god, prophet, or saint?

If "Stranger" was Old Father, then Jerry Parker was like a "Savior" to these pithecanthropines Because he saved them from the attacking lione.

Jerry was also the Promethean bringer of fire to these Piths.

I see both Jewish and Christian analogs here.

Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,
They preserved his head on a pole so he began as a man.
I have added another link.
Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And the head of Old Father was a RELIC to those Pithecanthropines. Perhaps because Old Father was the one who thought of building a protective barrier of thorn shrubs and crude, un-firehardened spears. I think Uncle Antonio in "The Little Monster" suggested Old Father's skull was a revered relic.

Sean

Nicholas D. Rosen said...

Kaor, Sean!

That’s a thought, although I had presumed that Old Father was just the now deceased patriarch of the band.

Best Regards,
Nicholas

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Nicholas!

And I agree! That skull was the reverently preserved relic of the deceased patriarch of the Pithecanthropine band.

Sean