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In [[William Blake]]'s {{w|William Blake's mythology|mythology}}, {{w|Urizen}} is the embodiment of reason and law. Blake usually portrayed the figure as a bearded old man carrying either architects' tools to [[anchoring of the thread|constrain the universe]] or nets to ensnare people in [[Web of Time|webs of law]]. His opponent is the embodiment of imagination, [[Los]]. The description of the Eremites' caricatures of Urizen is an apparent parody of Blake's {{wi|The Ancient of Days}}. | |||
[[File:Rassilon The Stockbridge Horror.jpg|right|thumb|[[Steve Parkhouse]]'s Rassilon as depicted in ''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]'', bearing an obvious resemblance to Urizen.]]In any event, identifying a bearded old man, known as an [[architect]] and for tying the world down in law, as the first President of the [[Great House]]s of the [[Time Lord]]s, is obviously reminiscent of [[Rassilon]]. Rassilon had been described as an architect and as the originator of the [[Laws of Time]] as early as in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', and the even more explicitly godlike [[Matrix Lord]] incarnation featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics such as ''[[The Tides of Time (comic story)|The Tides of Time]]'' even depicted Rassilon as a bearded old man wearing robes, bringing the character even closer to the Blakean Urizen. In addition, Urizen's antagonism with the embodiment of imagination Los is arguably mirrored by [[Rassilon]]'s enmity with the [[Carnival Queen]]. | [[File:Rassilon The Stockbridge Horror.jpg|right|thumb|[[Steve Parkhouse]]'s Rassilon as depicted in ''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]'', bearing an obvious resemblance to Urizen.]]In any event, identifying a bearded old man, known as an [[architect]] and for tying the world down in law, as the first President of the [[Great House]]s of the [[Time Lord]]s, is obviously reminiscent of [[Rassilon]]. Rassilon had been described as an architect and as the originator of the [[Laws of Time]] as early as in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', and the even more explicitly godlike [[Matrix Lord]] incarnation featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics such as ''[[The Tides of Time (comic story)|The Tides of Time]]'' even depicted Rassilon as a bearded old man wearing robes, bringing the character even closer to the Blakean Urizen. In addition, Urizen's antagonism with the embodiment of imagination Los is arguably mirrored by [[Rassilon]]'s enmity with the [[Carnival Queen]]. | ||
