Character in Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey; As Communicated in Manuscript to Llewellyn Drury, Who Promised to Print the Same, but Finally Evaded the Responsibility, Which was Assigned by John Uri Lloyd, With Many Illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp (Cincinnati: J. U. Lloyd, 1895). From Etidorhpa (1895): “My name is Etidorhpa. In me you behold the spirit that elevates man, and subdues the most violent of passions… I know no master. The universe bows to my authority. Stars and suns enamored pulsate and throb in space and kiss each other in waves of light ; atoms cold embrace and cling together; structures inanimate affiliate with and attract inanimate structures; bodies dead to other noble passions arc not dead to love. The savage beast, under my enchantment, creeps to her lair, and gently purrs over her offspring ; even man becomes less violent, and sheathes his weapon and smothers his hatred as I soothe his passions… I have been known under many titles, and have comforted many peoples… I am Etidorhpa, the beginning and the end of earth. Behold in me the antithesis of envy, the opposite of malice, the enemy of sorrow, the mistress of life, the queen of immortal bliss.”
Alias Etidorhpa
Real Names/Alt Names Etidorhpa, Venus, Aphrodite (in reverse)
Description Character in Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey; As Communicated in Manuscript to Llewellyn Drury, Who Promised to Print the Same, but Finally Evaded the Responsibility, Which was Assigned by John Uri Lloyd, With Many Illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp (Cincinnati: J. U. Lloyd, 1895). From Etidorhpa (1895): “My name is Etidorhpa. In me you behold the spirit that elevates man, and subdues the most violent of passions… I know no master. The universe bows to my authority. Stars and suns enamored pulsate and throb in space and kiss each other in waves of light ; atoms cold embrace and cling together; structures inanimate affiliate with and attract inanimate structures; bodies dead to other noble passions arc not dead to love. The savage beast, under my enchantment, creeps to her lair, and gently purrs over her offspring ; even man becomes less violent, and sheathes his weapon and smothers his hatred as I soothe his passions… I have been known under many titles, and have comforted many peoples… I am Etidorhpa, the beginning and the end of earth. Behold in me the antithesis of envy, the opposite of malice, the enemy of sorrow, the mistress of life, the queen of immortal bliss.”
