Ariel
Ariel is a slim, winged figure, half nude, held fettered in the tiger-jaws of the idol of Setebos. Prospero releases Ariel and his spirits. Together with Prospero and Miranda they convert Setebos's cave into a theater and perform a pageant consisting of scenes from Shakespeare.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1611 CE
- Attested period
- 1611 – 1917
- Historical notes
- Character in Percy MacKaye's 1916 play Caliban by the Yellow Sands.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Setebos
- aspect of
- Yaldabaoth
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“High in the tiger-jaws of the idol, ARIEL — a slim, winged figure, half nude — is held fettered. Miranda discovers the imprisoned Ariel; Prospero releases Ariel and his spirits, and together with Prospero they convert Setebos's cave into a theater and perform a pageant consisting of scenes from Shakespeare.”
#2994 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ariel, the chief sylph in the Rape of the Lock, has the same name as Prospero's servant Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest (ca. 1611), and Shakespeare's character is described literally as an "airy spirit" in the dramatis personae.”
#7669 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The angelic name "Ariel" (Hebrew: 'the lion of God') has also been used to refer to the Demiurge and is called his "perfect" name; in some Gnostic lore, Ariel has been called an ancient or original name for Ialdabaoth.”
#25505 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5