Or how redundant symbolism reveals prophecy and the coming new world order. We are being prepared through movies for supernatural, world changing events. You have watched the movies, but are you ready for the reality?
The cave paintings are no more truthful than the moving image, the artist sees the truth behind the truth"
The cave paintings are no more truthful than the moving image, the artist sees the truth behind the truth"
George Lucas
Miok (Michael) challenges the
Fallen Angel © Neil Hague 1997Themes found in Comic books, graphic novels and movies especially in recent years can be traced back to the myths and legends of the ancient world. I am a big movie ‘watcher’ and therefore after reading material and being immersed in symbolism I cannot help ‘seeing’ the themes jump out at us, intentionally so!Its going to be long one so brace yourselves!
The battle’s between a (serpent) monster and a (Sun) hero is one
common theme found throughout the world’s mythology. So are the battles between
an alien invading force and a native race that lives in harmony with its
environment the James Cameron movie Avatar in recent years expresses this
concept very well. The most common legends include a 'force for good' versus an
'invading terrorizing force' that wants to take a planet or civilization for its
own ends/needs. These dual forces have been depicted as a Saint George figure
versus a Dragon/Serpent and this theme can be seen again and again through the
stories of Indara and the Vritra, Apollo and the Python, Jehovah and the
Leviathan, along with many other opposing pairs. Among the serpent-destroyers
were also said to be other ‘saint’s such as St. Clement, the vanquisher of the
Dragon of Metz and St. Marcel the deliverer of Paris from the ‘monster’ along
with St. Romain whose exploits were immortalized over the ‘gargouille’ of Paris
as do many other German, Spanish, Russian Saint Michael figures across
Euro-Asia. The same ‘Characters’ can be found in places like Central America and
in the Far East too.
What I have found fascinating are worlds and themes found in comics (now turned into movies), especially those that hint at ‘hidden knowledge’ tapped into by the visionary artist/writer of such amazing narratives. As Victor Hugo once wrote, “All letters began as signs and all signs began as images”
The creator of such Graphic Novels and Comics like Jack Kirby and
others were tapping into themes and ideas that spoke of a far deeper layer to
the usual hero themes. One example is Kirby’s narratives
for a series of stories called the Eternals (below).
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