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The Western Analogy: The Western Saloon For The Immortal Gods Essay, Research Paper

In the immoral world of Ovid’s The Metamorphoses the gods stand out like the characters of a western dime novel. A hero, usually is dressed with their purple robes held together with golden straps, that classifies them as the royal or hierarchical gods. On the other hand, you have the villain, who dresses in dark colored clothing. Also, the villain can appear dressed in white with purple clothing which exemplifies the royalty of their underworld. The gods meet each other on a day to day basis discussing the future of someone other than themselves in their muggy saloon of Olympus. Olympus to the gods is the pulse and heart beat of their world. At this saloon in Olympus the usual takes place, the gambling of moral souls, while speculating the beautiful female that they will posses that evening, and so on. Also, you have the local disputes between the commonly known of the gods over disputes of pride, or of land an possessions, which usually ends up in a speculative fighting event of curses and destruction. Some analogies may be disputed as to how and where they derived? I will try to place them as best as possible into the spotlight of the western period.

Before I begin I like to bring out a formula that will disrupt my defense, which by the end I would like to modify and re-state is as an “what if the gods lived in the western period with their mythological power?” The Western formula, which tends to portray the frontier as the “meeting point between civilization and savagery,” because the clash of civilization (”law and order”) with savagery, whether represented by Indians or lawless outlaws, generates dramatic excitement and striking antithesis without raising basic questions about society or about life in general. In the perspective of moral and immoral beings that Ovid presents in a mythological poetic voice translates well in an analytical western perspective.

The image that comes to mind when placing the immoral gods of Olympus in a western setting is as difficult but humorous. First, is the gods, that is where do you place them, and in what category? We need to distinguish from the hero to the villain, while justifying the accurate setting for their events. Second, we need to identify how we are going to place the gods the western setting. Since they all appear to constantly meet and challenge each other the proper placement would be a dirty saloon in a the famous city of Olympus. This saloon will represent Olympus, where the travelers and locals will converse, gamble with the lives of the mortals, and speculate the dancing show girls of immortal goddess. However, in the immortal saloon of gods the education and strategies of fighting will differ from that of the western formula. The gods are no uneducated savages nor villains of low IQ. No, our gods are like top level executives or politicians running our country to their best. The gods will fight out their battle with superior levels of sophisticated planning. Through their battles instead of the help of dragons, curses, swords, shield, and other earth related objects that will assist them in battle, a six-piece shooter can be supplemented.

The doors of the saloon stand as a symbol, a gateway between the immortal and mortal world. This door is the fuel of conflicts where the furies and quarrels will meet on a daily basis. What would be the purpose of the west or the gods if they lived one day without some form of destruction or curse? Through the same doors the servants will bring them their daily sacrifices and festive meals that fuel their next move. Mortals feared the gods so therefore, sacrifices where necessary in pleasing the mighty and strong. Sacrifices of animals kept the gods content, as like it did for the local real estate tycoon, collecting royalties for being who he was, and the fear he instilled into the ranchers souls of losing their possessions and dignity. It is almost as if the mythology and western scenes portrayed themselves in a similar fashion of settings, except with and upgrade. You could describe the difference as in a traveler who needed a room, and two hotels where in the same vicinity and at the same price. However, one was the Hilton and the other was a Motel Six, they are both hotels, except one is of a finer upgraded class and quality of service, which means that the level of living would be different. Jove wouldn’t be caught in a Motel Six, when he is the god of gods, for he is a Hilton god, and needs to have the best service.

Now that our gods are placed into the scene, next we need to identify our characters and place them into the western environment.

Jove, who is the son of Saturn and Rhea; highest of the gods, could be portrayed as both a hero and a villain. The villain would come out of him in certain events such as possessing any woman he feels like and cheating on his wife. In the west the hero is usually a Christian man with moral and rational values; our god is the creator of his own values. However, as a hero he can save or destroy the mortals. He sits in the corner with travelers, and other gods gambling in the reserved section for the immortals. Jove, if disturbed or upset in a foul or undesired way, he will simply destroy you and whoever he wants. In a general and logical perspective Jove is almost like the town mayor, state governor, and real estate tycoon. Jove, is the character with brains, power and money, that is what “Jove wants, Jove gets.”

Perseus, son of Danae and Jove; who is one of the greatest of Ovid’s heroes, sits next to Jove in this table of card players of immortal gods. Perseus is like a John Wayne of the west, that is he comes across saving the day by defeating the villain, and then running off falling in love with the most charming and attractive woman of the town. Lets take an example of a hero

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