Nostradamus C8 Q35: Peleus legend parallels modern zealants tolerance of leaders crimes.
Copyright: Allan Webber, December 2015
This verse uses a device commonly used by Nostradamus to illustrate both
how he entered the mental state to produce his vision and what he then
saw. This common device is the evoking of the emotions and episteme of an
ancient legend, in this case that of Peleus.
The previous verse carries an
anagram for Antigone, which was the name of his wife but the name in the
other verse relates to another tale.
In reading the anagrams it becomes apparent as to whom the allusion is
directed for it has pecularities that point to this particular legend.
Besides an anagram for Peleus there is one for Aeagus adjacent to it and
both these figures represent legendary Greek heros. But there are also
anagrams for
legions repeal
murderer (nois gel -le par
e -rreur de m),
Giselle
rape murderer
(is gelle - par e -rreur de m)
and
references to parts of the body such as legs and arms all of which resonate
with the story of Peleus albeit.
The actual vision is of a future heroic figure of South Westren France who
is notably flawed but his crimes make little difference to his ardent
followers. It is his strategies for preventing British invasion for which
he will be honoured.
The anagrams that lay the groundwork for this analysis include:
1.
Dead lands entered regenerated degenerate organ none beat Bays dyes
2. Late afternoons oil doing foetal damage amazed
zealant
3. Peleus
assuager marauds leagues
guisers beset Idez
4, Nord adorn legions namez loosening
raper murderer on repeal
C8 Q35
Original Verse in English and French (Benoit Ed.)
At the entrance to Garonne and Bayse and the forest not far from
Damazan, discoveries of frozen sea then hail & north winds
Dordonnois frost through mistake of the mezan
Dedans l'entree de Garonne et Bayſe Et la foreſt non loing de
Damazan Du marſaues gelees puis gresſe et bize Dordonnois gelle
par erreur de mezan
Extra Info:
The following is an extract from Wikipedia's entry on Peleus' wife,
Antigone, a name found in the previous verse's anagrams:
Peleus was the son of
Aeacus, king of the island of
Aegina.
Peleus and his brother
Telamon
killed their half-brother
Phocus,
possibly accidentally. To escape punishment they fled from Aegina. At
Phthia,
Peleus was purified by Eurytion, king of Phthia, and married Eurytion's
daughter, Antigone. Peleus and Antigone had a daughter, Polydora.
During the hunt for the
Calydonian Boar, Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion and fled
Phthia. Arriving in
Iolcus,
Peleus was purified of the murder of Eurytion
by
Acastus, the king of Iolcus.
Acastus' wife,
Astydameia, made advances to Peleus, which he rejected. Bitter,
she sent a message to Antigone falsely accusing Peleus of infidelity,
whereupon Antigone hanged herself (Apollodorus, iii. 13).
Astydameia then told Acastus that
Peleus had tried to rape
her. Believing her accusation, Acastus took Peleus on a
hunting trip, hid Peleus's sword, and abandoned him
just as a group of
centaurs attacked.
Chiron,
the wise centaur, returned Peleus's sword, and
Peleus managed to escape. He pillaged
Iolcus and dismembered Astydameia, then marched his army between the
pieces.
Adjacent Anagrams plus Anagrams of highest
merit. ( ~ means full line used) Selection Order based on letter
rarity, word and sequence length plus line completion
L1: <a norn lent deGree saDden Bayes (16th C reformist )><norn lands
Seed deGenerate><none Beat lands reGenerated DyeS><oranGe DyeS entered
Beaten lands> <lanterns Deeds><none aGreed DeadneSs relent><Beaten
orGan entered><a norn Greeted>
L2: afternoonS zElant Damaged
lion (Lyon)><reSt of talE><on lEnt oil amazeD a Seafront><~noodling
zEalant maDe a Seafront~>foetal
L3: <~i uzeD egreSs bits See up
leagues armS~><bizet marauDS Seers use><bizet Duma aSsure see up
leg><Sees bit amuzeD assuager><Sees bit arm uSage uzed><~peleus
(Homeric hero) aegeuS (Spartan hero) egreSs is bit armS uzeD~>
L4: <legions repeal murderer><~Danez rod loosening murderer
repeal><ruder legions err><giselle rape murderer> maze
Table listing anagram occurrences (1-23) in
Nostradamus' Prophecies
1: MURDERER, ZEALANT, MARAUDS, AFTERNOONS, AMAZED, MAZDA, REGENERATED,
DEGENERATE, ADORNS, EGRESSES 2:- 3: AEGEUS,
NAMEZ, FOETAL, LONGLINES, 4: generated, LANTERNS, FLOAT,
GREETED, ASSUAGER, 5: LOOSENING, GISELLE, 6: -
7: LEAGUES, Sigur, BESETS, 8: Gilles, MAZE, 9: DEGREE,
10: EGRESS, DEADNESS, noodling, 11: FLAT, SEAFRONT, USAGES,
EASY, 12 to 13: - 14: BAY, RARER,
15 to 16: - 17: Adam, DYES, 16: - 17: Adam,
dyes, 18: forsent, agreed, beset, 19: auras, 20: flora,
beta / beat, 21: Durer, ruder, 22: forest / softer, foal,
Argo, arum, 23: doing, deaden.
Key Ideas:
afternoons, regenerated, damaged, egresses, degenerate,
Peleus, zealant, murderer, marauds, amazed, foetal, namez, generated,
Aegeus, leagues, assuager, greeted, noodling, lanterns, float, loosening,
degree, flat, bay, seafront, easy, usages, Adam, dyes, forsent, agreed,
beset, softer, deadness, adornz.
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