Grodna (Blake)

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In the mythological writings of William Blake, Grodna is the third son of Urizen.

In Chapter VIII of The Book of Urizen his birth is described:

Grodna rent the deep earth, howling

Amaz'd; his heavens immense cracks

Like the ground parched with heat,[...]

This shows his identification with the classical element Earth, in the alignment of Urizen's four sons.

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