When he is introduced he is described as having "strove in battles dire, / In unseen conflicts with 
When he is introduced he is described as having "strove in battles dire, / In unseen conflicts with Shapes, / Bred from his forsaken wildnerness, / Of beast, bird, fish, serpent, and element, / Combustion, blast, vapour, and cloud." He creates the realm of Ulro, which is governed by his laws, and whose beings are ensnared in his "net of religion," except for his fourth son, a Moses figure who leads the people in flight out of this figure's world and who is represented by fire and named Fuzon. The most famous depiction of him might be in his formulator's watercolor etching of him, The Ancient of Days, which was created in 1794, the same year the "Book" of him was written. Denoted as one of the four Eternals, or Zoas, who are descended from Albion, FTP, name this "Primeval Priest" and central figure in the mythos of William Blake.
When he is introduced he is described as having "strove in battles dire, /
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