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The Sons of Albion feature in the poem Jerusalem. They are 12, and are named as Hand, Hyle, Coban, Guantok, Peachey, Brereton, Slayd, Hutton, Scofield, Kox, Kotope, Bowen. These names are mostly drawn from figures from Blake's 1803 sedition trial. [3] The Daughters of Albion feature in Visions of the Daughters of Albion, and other prophetic books.
In the mythological writings of William Blake, Thiriel is the first son of Urizen. There is a possible confusion with Tiriel , the protagonist of the first prophetic book, of that name. In The Book of Urizen , Thiriel has an explicit identification of his place as Air in the Four Elements , matched to Urizen's four sons. [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London ...
The composer Victoria Poleva completed Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 2002, a chamber cycle on the verses by Blake for soprano, clarinet and accordion. It was first performed by the ensemble Accroche-Note of France. [23] Electronic rock group Tangerine Dream based their 1987 album Tyger on lyrics by William Blake. [24]
Vala, or The Four Zoas is one of the uncompleted prophetic books by the English poet William Blake, begun in 1797. The eponymous main characters of the book are the Four Zoas (Urthona, Urizen, Luvah and Tharmas), who were created by the fall of Albion in Blake's mythology. It consists of nine books, referred to as "nights".
Los and Enitharmon create a space within Urizen's fallen universe to give birth to their son Orc, the spirit of revolution and freedom. In form the book is a parody of the Book of Genesis . Urizen's first four sons are Thiriel , Utha , Grodna and Fuzon (respectively elemental Air, Water, Earth, Fire, according to Chapter VIII).
Tiriel was unpublished during Blake's lifetime and remained so until 1874, when it appeared in William Michael Rossetti's Poetical Works of William Blake. [1] Although Blake did not engrave the poem, he did make twelve sepia drawings to accompany the rough and unfinished manuscript.
In the mythological writings of William Blake, Tharmas is one of the four Zoas, who were created when Albion, the primordial man, was divided fourfold. He represents sensation, and his female counterpart is Enion, who represents sexual urges. He is connected to the God the Father aspect of the Christian Trinity and is the begetter of Los.