Who is Monger, Margo?.....hmm, there are many legends.
One thing we know is that he claims kinship with Eris, a goddess to be reckoned with:
ERIS was the goddess or spirit (daimon) of strife, discord, contention and rivalry. She was often represented specifically as the daimon of the strife of war, who haunted the battlefield and delighted in human bloodshed.
Because of Eris' disagreeable nature she was the only goddess not to be invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. When she turned up anyway, she was refused admittance and, in a rage, threw a golden apple amongst the goddesses inscribed 'To the fairest.' Three goddesses laid claim it, and in their rivalry brought about the events which led to the Trojan War.
Eris was closely identified with the war-goddess Enyo. Homer appears to use their names interchangeably.
Eris is also a weeny, tiny, planet!
And, here she is:
(Three of her...)
May I introduce her:
Eris, the largest dwarf planet known, was discovered in an ongoing survey at Palomar Observatory's Samuel Oschin telescope by astronomers Mike Brown (Caltech), Chad Trujillo (Gemini Observatory), and David Rabinowitz (Yale University). We officially suggested the name on 6 September 2006, and it was accepted and announced on 13 September 2006. In Greek mythology, Eris is the goddess of warfare and strife. She stirs up jealousy and envy to cause fighting and anger among men. At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the parents of the Greek hero Achilles, all the gods with the exception of Eris were invited, and, enraged at her exclusion, she spitefully caused a quarrel among the goddesses that led to the Trojan war. In the astronomical world, Eris stirred up a great deal of trouble among the international astronomical community when the question of its proper designation led to a raucous meeting of the IAU in Prague. At the end of the conference, IAU members voted to demote Pluto and Eris to dwarf-planet status, leaving the solar system with only eight planets.
The satellite of Eris has received the offical name Dysnomia, who in Greek mythology is Eris' daughter and the demon spirit of lawlessness. As Dysnomia is a bit of a mouthful, we tend to simply call the satellite Dy, for short.
As promised for the past year, the name Xena (and satellite Gabrielle) were simply placeholders while awaiting the IAU's decision on how an official name was to be proposed. As that process dragged on, however, many people got to know Xena and Gabrielle as the real names of these objects and are sad to see them change. We admit to some sadness ourselves.We used the names for almost two years now and are having a hard time swtiching. But for those who miss Xena, look for the obvious nod in the new name of the moon of Eris.
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/
Where he came from? This is shrouded in the myths of mystery.
We know he has lived in Japan, and travelled a lot.
Some say he is tall, dark and handsome.
Others, that he is short, blond, and ravishing.
He has the tongue of men and of angels.......and sprites.....he is sweet as a sounding cymbal, and tinkling brass, and nobody is sure whether he hath, or hath not, Charity. I am inclined to think he hath.
And her family want her back.
He is seen, as through a mirror, darkly......which is odd, when you think about it, because you can't see through a dark mirror...but I digress.
He is said to gallop out of the night, when the full moon is bright (which suggests he, or his steed, is vision impaired) and yells "Hi ho, Silver" a lot. I don't think you should yell at steeds, but that's just me.
Some say he comes from haunt of coot and hern, which may well be true since he is happy to bicker and sally down valleys and such....
Ohers say he is from where:
Alph, the sacred river, ran
through caverns measureless to man
down to a sunless sea,
so twice five miles of fertile ground
with walls and towers were girdled round.
and there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree.
And here were forests as ancient as the hills,
enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But I think him more Blue, than Green.....
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