#egeria

Egeria vs. Saroosh/Selmak

Egeria, is the Tok’ra Queen. She rebelled against the Goa’uld, spawning many children, including Selmak.

Saroosh lived to nearly 203 years old, only dying due to old age. Selmak later proves effective in combat multiple times.

Hand-to-hand combat. No weapons. Both have enhanced strength, speed, endurance, etc. (And pretend they aren’t on their death beds here. 😆)

Or Makoto. When you think god of eternity, you would think of someone who wants an unchanging world, "everything the same forever", stasis (like Ei). But actually Makoto is more "the only eternal thing is change", "let's enjoy these ephemeral moments we spend together", and "as long as you remember me, I am eternal" kind of person.

Also Zhongli. When you think of the god of contract with geo element, you would think of someone rigid, no nonsense, obey word to word kind of guy, but the vibe I get from him is that he's actually more sly. Although yes, he follows all of his contract, he also makes and found loopholes, takes advantage of multiple interpretation, and generally wiggles in the grey area. I don't know if it's something he gained before or after he became an old man...

[El conjunto Egeria en la formación con la que grabó este disco / Sebastián Joya]

El sello Lindoro publica el segundo álbum del conjunto madrileño Egeria, un recorrido por diversos manuscritos medievales para pintar con música dos viajes separados por casi mil años

Entre la peregrina galaica que recorrió Oriente a finales del siglo IV y el mercader veneciano que, nueve siglos después, convirtió Asia en el territorio de todas las maravillas posibles media casi un milenio. Sin embargo, en Viaje al Mundo de las Maravillas, el segundo disco del conjunto vocal Egeria, ambos personajes terminan compartiendo camino. La premisa es deliberadamente imposible, pero sugestiva: reunir en un mismo relato a dos viajeros separados por el tiempo para explorar, a través de la música, los contactos entre culturas, territorios y tradiciones que han ido conformando el paisaje sonoro europeo.

No es casual que el grupo haya elegido precisamente a Egeria como compañera de viaje. La formación dirigida por Lucía Martín-Maestro y Fabiana Sans tomó su nombre de aquella mujer hispanorromana que emprendió una larga peregrinación a Tierra Santa entre los años 381 y 384 y dejó escrito un relato excepcional de su experiencia. Su Itinerarium constituye uno de los primeros relatos de viaje conservados en Europa y una fuente de enorme valor para conocer el mundo tardoantiguo. Frente a la celebridad universal de Marco Polo, Egeria sigue siendo una figura relativamente desconocida fuera de los círculos especializados. Esa desigual fortuna histórica fue precisamente uno de los puntos de partida del proyecto. Como explica Fabiana Sans, el propósito era “darle una importancia un poco mayor a Egeria, como una viajera que hizo un viaje tan extraordinario en el siglo IV, y que es poco conocida en comparación con Marco Polo”.

A partir de esa idea nace un programa que imagina el encuentro entre dos formas muy distintas de enfrentarse al mundo. “Era poner en relación la imaginación, digamos amplia, de Marco Polo sobre tantas cosas con la visión mucho más realista de Egeria, tal y como la plasmó en su Itinerario”, señala la codirectora del conjunto. El resultado es un recorrido musical construido a partir de repertorios procedentes de diversos puntos de Europa y del Mediterráneo oriental, una propuesta muy diferente de Imperatrix Agatha, el disco que dio a conocer internacionalmente al grupo y que estaba articulado en torno a una única fuente, el tropario de Catania.

[El conjunto Egeria en concierto / Clara Muñoz]

En esta ocasión, el programa se alimenta de manuscritos italianos, catalanes y castellanos, junto a repertorios siriacos y adaptaciones chinas del canto gregoriano. La selección responde a una idea que atraviesa todo el proyecto: la música viaja. Viajan las personas, pero también los libros que transmiten esa música. Sans habla de “manuscritos viajeros” para referirse a códices que fueron copiados en un lugar y terminaron conservándose en otro, como el manuscrito de Ripoll custodiado hoy en París o el códice siciliano que acabó en la Biblioteca Nacional de España. De algún modo, esos desplazamientos reflejan la misma circulación de ideas, lenguas y prácticas musicales que el disco pretende reconstruir.

Más allá de la selección del repertorio, que incluye piezas del Laudario de Cortona o del Codex Rossi –un importante manuscrito profano del siglo XIV–, uno de los aspectos más interesantes del proyecto reside en su planteamiento interpretativo. Desde hace años, Egeria viene desarrollando una reflexión sobre las posibilidades de la monodia medieval y sobre las formas de devolverle una vitalidad que a menudo desaparece bajo lecturas excesivamente rígidas. Lucía Martín sitúa el problema en una idea muy extendida entre intérpretes y oyentes: “Tenemos un poco esta idea de que la música monódica es tal cual estaba escrita”. Sin embargo, recuerda que las fuentes medievales describen una realidad mucho más flexible. “Realmente la música monódica no es que sea música monódica per se, porque no se escribía para leer, sino como recordatorio”.

Esa observación ayuda a entender buena parte del trabajo realizado en el disco. Muchas de las piezas incorporan bordones, discantos, tratamientos rítmicos o acompañamientos instrumentales discretos inspirados en prácticas documentadas. El objetivo no es modernizar el repertorio ni revestirlo de efectos externos, sino explorar posibilidades históricamente plausibles. Las cuatro piezas procedentes del manuscrito de Ripoll, identificadas en el libreto como recuperaciones, constituyen un buen ejemplo. Se trata de obras de naturaleza muy diversa, conservadas en un códice misceláneo que no es propiamente un manuscrito musical. Esa variedad ha llevado al grupo a buscar soluciones distintas para cada una de ellas, desde tratamientos más rítmicos con percusión hasta interpretaciones completamente a capela.

La cuestión no es menor, porque afecta a la propia imagen que tenemos de la música medieval. Martín recuerda que estos repertorios suelen presentarse desde una solemnidad permanente que acaba ocultando otras dimensiones igualmente importantes. “Generalmente, con esta idea de que estos repertorios siempre tienen que tener esta seriedad, acaban siendo un poco apagados, cuando no eran así en absoluto”. La observación resulta especialmente pertinente en repertorios paralitúrgicos como las laudas italianas, en las que la dimensión popular y comunitaria desempeñaba un papel fundamental.

La presencia de dos cantos maronitas en siriaco y de varias piezas gregorianas en chino amplía aún más el horizonte del programa. En el primer caso, se trata de una tradición cuyos orígenes se remontan a los primeros siglos del cristianismo y que constituye uno de los vínculos más directos con las prácticas litúrgicas orientales. En el segundo, el disco recupera adaptaciones históricas del repertorio gregoriano realizadas para el contexto cultural chino. No es una ocurrencia exótica, sino el resultado de un proceso de traducción y adaptación que ilustra de forma ejemplar la capacidad de las músicas para atravesar fronteras y adquirir nuevos significados.

La acogida del programa durante los últimos años parece confirmar el creciente interés por este repertorio, aunque en los festivales de música antigua la medieval siga pareciendo la pariente pobre. Para Martín, “el problema no es tanto la respuesta del público como la persistencia de ciertos prejuicios programadores”. Mientras este nuevo disco inicia ahora su andadura, el conjunto trabaja ya en Reina, un programa dedicado a cuatro grandes reinas medievales europeas con el que celebrará en 2027 su décimo aniversario. Será un nuevo capítulo en la trayectoria de una formación que ha hecho del viaje una forma de entender la música.

[Diario de Sevilla. 21-06-2026]

La ficha VIAJE AL MUNDO DE LAS MARAVILLAS. Egeria & Marco Polo Orientis partibus. E-Mn 289, f.146v-147 主矜情我等- - Kyrie eleison Dies ista gaudium. E-Mn 289, f. 148 * Quando i oselli canta. V-CVbav MS Rossi 215 (Codex Rossi), f. 2v-3 Salve Virgo regia. F-Prim Latin 5132, f.108v * Bo'ooto dmor yo'qoob. Canto maronita siriaco Venite a laudare. I-CTMS91 (Laudario di Cortona), f. 1-3v 凡自婦人生者 - Inter natos mulierum Natus est, natus est. E-Mn 289, f.144v-145v Gaiete dolce parolete. V-CVbav MS Rossi 215 (Codex Rossi), f. 4v-5 Ave virgo gloriosa. F-Pnm Latin 5132, f. 105v * Laudar vollio per amore. I-CTMS91(Laudario di Cortona), f. 90-93v 祈主 - Da pacem Domine Dei patris unice. E-Mn 289, f. 146v Vox clarescat mens purgetur. F. Pnm Latin 5132, f. 107v * O divina virgo, flore. I-CTMS91 (Laudario di Cortona), f. 32v-34v 天上永王 - Rex sempiterne coelitum Omnis mundus iocundetur. E-Μn 289, f. 144v Hwaow sohdeh sghooleh. Canto maronita siriaco lo son'un pellegrin. F-Pnm Italien 568, f. 42v Lauda novella sia cantata. I-CTMS91 (Laudario di Cortona), f. 3v-5v [* Recuperaciones] EGERIA Lucía Martín-Maestro Verbo, voz, lira, adufe y dirección Fabiana Sans Arcílagos, voz, percusión y codirección Ileana Ortiz Rodríguez, voz Julia Marty, voz Lindoro

VIAJE AL MUNDO DE LAS MARAVILLAS EN SPOTIFY

She was seen as an adoptive mother to the sovereigns. She and Nibelung were very in love and he adored her. He loved his oceanid wife. Her mother naberius was terrible to her and only wanted to control her. When egeria married Nibelung and was fully out of her mother’s control, the heavenly principles attacked the dragons. Egeria pushed a hit away from the dragons and ordered them to flee and they did. The dragons sadly were still killed or pushed into insanity. They all believed that egeria was killed too. Egeria actually did survive but was back under her mother’s control.

The worst part was that egeria was pregnant with Nibelung children and no one was aware. Egeria kept it a secret as she carried the twins for a century. Egeria carried the burden of her pregnancy with the guilt that she feels at the dragons’ deaths. She blamed herself for all of it but chose to keep moving forward for her daughters. She knows that they are girls and she can feel it in her fins. She believes that the dragons hate her and believes it would be deserving that she is hated by them. She finally gives birth to her daughters in secret and names the focalors!mc and furina!mc. Her adorable little guppies. They have both oceanid and dragon traits like fins and scales. They look like there father with their white hair.(a lot of Nibelung in human form fan art, have him with white hair) Naberius is unaware because she she doesn’t care what her daughter does in Fontaine.

The oceanids are just a random sea creature who where born from Naberius. They don’t like her either but since they aren’t human, they are free. They avoid egeria and Fontaine as a precaution.

The twins grow up quickly and work together with their mother about the prophecy. Egeria hide her daughter dragon features to protect them from HP. No one would ever know that the twins are dragons unless their mom dropped the disguise. Egeria refuses to let her daughters miss out on life so she puts herself in the oratrice. Focalors and furina are mad that their mother is sacrificing herself for them but follow her orders. They become great goddesses for their mother’s sake and egeria is proud of them and that is how life is for a century.

They even experienced love. Total not a pair of brothers from khaeriah. One is totally not a sinner who refuses to not bother focalors!mc in her dreams. The other is totally not randomly visiting furina!mc when she is alone. Egeria is aware and supports them because those two men are head over heels for her daughters.

One day neuvillette arrives and all three women are panicked because they didn’t summon him here. Neuvillette upon reincarnation sensed Egeria in the area and wants to see if his mother is alive. He wants her back and has no idea that furina!mc and focalors!mc are his younger sister technically. He sticks around to investigate but doesn’t find egeria. He can tell the twins are hiding something but are really scared about something. He becomes the ludex and enjoys the company of the twins and their antics. Egeria is watching from the oratrice and meddles when she is able too. The melusines father came to Fontaine because he sensed egeria and knew his daughters would be safe. Only the melusines are aware that egeria is alive and the act like the twins are their big sister. Neuvillette also becomes a big brother to the melusines.

There is stable peace right until the prophecy. When traveler and paimon show up, neuvillette mentions the twins weird behavior about the oratrice and try to investigate but furina and focalors stop them which doesn’t help the suspicions. They think if they destroy the oratrice that they will destroy the prophecy so they set up a trial. The twins accidentally admit to the whole of Fontaine that they are protecting someone in the oratrice and when they refuse to disclose who it is. Before anything happens the prophecy starts and neuvillette takes care of it.

Afterwards the prophecy, egeria shows up from the machine, Egeria doesn’t notice people as she is too busy comforting her daughters. They talk about they are free now. The oratrice starts to glow after she leaves and the dragon sovereigns are revived. The second the oratrice glowed and egeria was free, the twins are back in their real forms, they look more like sea creatures than human. Dvalin is becoming aware and fly to Fontaine same with apep. They and neuvillette are shocked to see egeria alive. She is too busy shielding her daughters out of fear and she isn’t listening to them when they say they won’t hurt the girls. Then a giant shadow appears and it is Nibelung, revived and he turns human. He tries to talk to egeria but she isn’t listening. Her daughters say that they should run but Nibelung can sense that the girls are dragons and isn’t letting them leave until he hears an explanation. Finally furina!mc and focalors!mc get mad enough at this stupid man, they know he is their father but doesn’t care, and hit him with a wave of water. Egeria is comforting her daughters and uses the word ‘daughters’. The dragons get mad and ask who is the father and egeria finally having enough just says that the big dummy of a dragon and she points to Nibelung, is the father. The dragons are having the shock of their lives, they have baby sisters? They are trying to deceive who? Nibelung is in shock, he has daughters? He has twins! His darling egeria who he has missed for thousand of years was pregnant and he wasn’t there. He missed his daughters’ milestones. He missed their births, their first flights, their first steps. He is hoping they aren’t in love with anyone. He is going to die from shock but the twins are more annoyed than ever before and are done, they say they are leaving but Nibelung isn’t letting his newly discovered daughters leave. They are babies to him and he just grabs the two girls and egeria. He is not letting them go. He makes egeria explain everything in these past millennium and he not happy about what she had to go through alone. He and the other dragons are trying to bond with their new family members but it’s a little strange since the girls are a little closed off.

He and the other dragons are more annoyed when they sense two men who smell like khaeriahn in Fontaine but before they can do anything about it, the twins are running to them and kissing them on the lips. The dragons are mad. Their little sisters are too young for love.(they are adults) Nibelung wants to eat them but he can’t risk focalor and furina hating him so he has to suffer and watch.

Please share any ideas or thoughts you have on this like the dragons feelings about their sister’s/daughters love lives.

Ooohhh! I love this idea! 🤩

Egeria as Nibelung's wife is definitely a surprise, but I love it! And her guppies! That's such a cute nicknames for the twins~ 🥹

As for the dragon's feelings about their sister's/daughters love life, there is so much protective instincts going on here. They all, and I mean ALL of them believe Ved and Dain aren't worthy of being the girl's mates! ...But none of them can do anything less they make the twins sad and anger. So I guess they're just going to have to suck it up...

Fascinating woman! She's a movie-only creation, but I think her character does a lot to establish what the inner circle of Snow would have been like. Her character puts a name and a face to everyone who complied with Snow's regime.

She hesitates when Snow gives the order to bomb the hospital in Eight, and seems upset when Snow starts poisoning people at dinner. I put her in a category of Capitolites like my Gaia Templesmith; she knows the games are wrong, and she knows that Snow is not a good man. But he signs her paychecks, and if the districts ever take control, then surely things will be worse.

Egeria, Mother and Queen of all Tok’ra 🪱

“Egeria, it is an honor.” “Rise, Malek. You are not my servant.” - Malek and Egeria (“Cure”)

“You are beyond my greatest hopes and dreams.” - Egeria (“Cure”)

“The salvation of the Pangarans shall be my final act. Such is the spirit of Tok'ra that I wish to live on.” - Egeria (“Cure”)

“The great queen Egeria. She broke from the Goa'uld over 2000 years ago. Her offspring became the Tok'ra.” - Anise (“Crossroads”)

“We never dared hope that she would ever be found.” - Kelmaa (“Cure”)

“She is our queen. Her freedom is not open for negotiation.” - Malek (“Cure”)

“Are you also aware that countless millions of Tok'ra symbiotes died in its development? Including our beloved Queen, Egeria? The Queen from which all our lineage can be traced?” - Selmak (“Death Knell”)

“Our Queen Egeria, from whom all Tok'ra are spawned, is dead. Our numbers are dwindling. This alliance may simply be something we cannot afford.” - Delek (“Death Knell”)

Happy Mother’s Day to you all!

..Seraphina who accidentally gets sent back in time..and is now Egeria.

runs away

...This is horrifying. I'm crying-

This is the most messed up time paradox situation ever! What do you mean the Neuvillette and Furina!MC's precious daughter becomes Egeria?!

And time travel?! Istaroth?! Did you do this?!