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'''Eros''' was an anthropomorphic deity known on [[Earth]]. It was the [[god]] of love and fertility in a pantheon including [[Poseidon]] and [[Hephaestus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')  
'''Eros''' was an anthropomorphic deity known on [[Earth]]. He was the [[god]] of [[love]] and fertility in a pantheon including [[Poseidon]] and [[Hephaestus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') Eros lived in the dimension known as [[Greek Space]]. Sometimes his father was [[Ares]], the god of war, and other times his mother was [[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]], the goddess of the rainbow; the gods' relationships changed over time, and Eros was never the son of both Ares and Iris simultaneously. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wandering Stars (short story)|Wandering Stars]]'')


An apparition of Eros was summoned over the [[Great Wheel]] in [[Puterspace]] by [[Máire Mab Finn|Máire]] and [[Christopher (Love and War)|Christopher]] to predict the [[Traveller]]s' futures. He said that [[Jan Rydd|Jan]] would fall in love again and that "things will get stirred up and shattered". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Love and War (short story)|Prelude Love and War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love and War (audio story)|Love and War]]'')
An apparition of Eros was summoned over the [[Great Wheel (Love and War)|Great Wheel]] in [[Puterspace]] by [[Máire Mab Finn|Máire]] and [[Christopher (Love and War)|Christopher]] to predict the [[Traveller (Love and War)|Travellers]]' futures. This apparition had a golden waistcoat and centre-parted fair hair. He said that [[Jan Rydd|Jan]] would fall in love again and that "things will get stirred up and shattered. Listen, if I tell you more, you'd avoid it, and you really don't want to. That's the nice thing about me, I'm always tight!" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Love and War (short story)|Prelude Love and War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love and War (audio story)|Love and War]]'')


[[Peri Brown]] compared a statue of his to [[Elton John]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
[[Peri Brown]] compared a [[statue]] of his to [[Elton John]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
 
A statue of Eros was in [[Piccadilly Circus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Davarrk's Experiment (short story)|Davarrk's Experiments]]'') On a visit to [[1967]], [[Sam Jones]] admired the statue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'')
 
[[Bernice Summerfield]] glimpsed one possible universe where Earth was ruled by a monarchy known as the [[Kingdom of Eros]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 26 June 2022

Eros (mythology)

Eros was an anthropomorphic deity known on Earth. He was the god of love and fertility in a pantheon including Poseidon and Hephaestus. (TV: Planet of Fire) Eros lived in the dimension known as Greek Space. Sometimes his father was Ares, the god of war, and other times his mother was Iris, the goddess of the rainbow; the gods' relationships changed over time, and Eros was never the son of both Ares and Iris simultaneously. (PROSE: Wandering Stars)

An apparition of Eros was summoned over the Great Wheel in Puterspace by Máire and Christopher to predict the Travellers' futures. This apparition had a golden waistcoat and centre-parted fair hair. He said that Jan would fall in love again and that "things will get stirred up and shattered. Listen, if I tell you more, you'd avoid it, and you really don't want to. That's the nice thing about me, I'm always tight!" (PROSE: Prelude Love and War, AUDIO: Love and War)

Peri Brown compared a statue of his to Elton John. (TV: Planet of Fire)

A statue of Eros was in Piccadilly Circus. (PROSE: Davarrk's Experiments) On a visit to 1967, Sam Jones admired the statue. (PROSE: Revolution Man)

Bernice Summerfield glimpsed one possible universe where Earth was ruled by a monarchy known as the Kingdom of Eros. (PROSE: Oblivion)