Tiriel
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- For the poem of William Blake with the same name, see Tiriel (Blake)
- For the opera with the same name, see Tiriel (opera)
Tiriel is the eponymous hero of a poem by William Blake, the first in a series of his so-called 'prophetic books'. Tiriel was a former king of the West, son of Har and Heva, brother of wild Ijim and enslaved Zazel, husband of dying Myratana, and father of 130 sons with the oldest Heuxos, then Yuva, Lotho, Clithyma and Makuth who usurped their father’s throne, and five daughters, the youngest of whom was Hela. Mnetha (an anagram of Athena) was a guardian of old and senile Har and Heva.
Only Har, Heva and Ijim were mentioned in later Blake's prophetic books. Tiriel is foreshadowing of Urizen that appeared in many of Blake’s poems (including Europe, The Book of Urizen, The Book of Ahania, The Book of Los, The Four Zoas, Milton, and Jerusalem.
There is a possible confusion with Thiriel, one of the sons of Urizen.
[edit] Opera
The 1985 opera Tiriel, with libretto and music by the composer Dmitri Smirnov, is based on Blake's text.
