#manes

Summanus is the god of nocturnal thunder in ancient Roman religion. Georges Dumézil stated that Summanus represent the uncanny, violent, nocturnal, mysterious and awe-inspiring element of sovereignty of the gods. The name Summanus is thought to be from Summus Manium "the greatest of the Manes" → "Zagreus, highest of all the gods" (Alcmeonis), "Sabazios, Master of the Cosmos" (Strabo). According to some, Summanus is linked with Pluto → "Now [I came] to bid farewell to Zagreus and to his sire, the hospitaler" (Aeschylus). Saint Augustine records that in earlier times Summanus had been more exalted than Jupiter. Mount Summano, located in the Alps near Vicenza, is traditionally considered a site of the cults of Pluto (i.e. King Hades), Summanus, and the Manes (i.e. chthonioi). The area was one of the last strongholds of ancient Roman religion in Italy. The mountaintop is frequently struck by lightning. The mountain itself has a deep grotto named Bocca Lorenza, in which, according to local legend, a young shepherdess became lost and disappeared. The story might be an adaptation of the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by Pluto.

Hello, Zagreus. Once more I found you among the hundreds of your names.

dont apologize, i love talking abt my music!

im currently into two main groups, the crane wives (tcw) & manes!

if you don't know tcw, they're really folk-y at the beginning of their discography -> they have become more folk rock over time. a lot of their songs are imagining a character that the artists have created in a certain situation! ex: the album 'the fool in her wedding gown' imagines the story of 2 women about to get married but one of them leaves the other at the altar. my fav album from them is foxlore and then probably beyond beyond beyond!

manes is weird i'm gonna be honest. they do a lot of looping track layer-y stuff, usually with singing/talking (kinda newscast-y speech?)/talking but with weird voice modulation? hard to explain but they talk abt things like mental health and philosophy and their imagined apocalypse and drugs and what it means to change and i fuck with that.

any case that's my main stuff rn but i also like sea shanties/trad folk, folkpunk, a bunch of jazz, theme music, and other alt rock! im also currently starting to get into rap and psychedelic rock in khmer :)