Orfeo: Music Soothes the Savage Beast

Orfeo: Music Soothes the Savage Beast 

(within himself AND the "Underlord"

All is well that ends well. I do like a happy ending, who doesn't? This tale is romantic from beginning to end. The symbolism of the harp took me into the story from the start. To rhyme there I did not see, before I wrote about Orfeo's own purgatory. I'm not so sure about ten years there though!

 I admire Orfeo's resolve once he sees the ladies and understands that he needs to follow them. His mission turns out to be right and he wasn't just a crazy guy gone mad from living like a wild animal for so long. Laugh and the world laughs with you (or listens to your music), but cry and you cry alone. I agree with Devon in Orfeo' sweetness, but it's very sad too--all those years alone without her! 

In the "other world" it appears to be a test  for our protagonist, but then he has his prize, I'm not surprised --  I am glad and think he earned her more than any man could; but to win and lose and win again! A close call I'd say! 

But the magic here and in all these tales and their protagonists is excellent. Whether from fairies or other devices helping them with council, it reminds me of the struggles we all share -- to navigate mortal dreams; these "quests" for connection to "source". Like Oreo, we want to understand and make sense of such a short time in this earthly realm. Orfeo's true magic, though, is from his harp. He's victorious because he finds the music within him that sings the tune which opens all doors, to all realms, known and unknown -- dreams we all yearn for and the ones yet to be dreamt.