sun
the star at the center of our solar system.
also: a miasma of incandescent plasma
characters & celestial bodies & terms
the narrator
also: fish
the beloved
also: luna
the boundary surrounding a black hole beyond which nothing can escape. not even light itself.
also: a point of no return.
the star at the center of our solar system.
also: a miasma of incandescent plasma
a satellite orbiting another celestial body. here, specifically, that of Earth.
sturgeon moon: the full moon occurring in august
greek primordial goddess. the Earth itself. mother to Ouranos and, by him, the titans.
also: Earth.
the greek underworld, named after its ruler.
also: home to the river styx.
greek primordial god. the Sky itself. son and consort of Gaea; father of the titans.
also: the namesake of the seventh planet.
Pluto, roman ruler of the underworld; Charon, the ferryman who carries the dead across its rivers, typically for a price.
also: Pluto, the ninth planet, and its moon Charon form a true binary system. mutually tidally locked, they orbit a shared barycenter located in the space between them.
roman god of Time and abundance.
also: the sixth planet; home to many, many moons.
two legendary wolves of norse mythology. Hati, hunter of the moon; his brother Sköll, hunter of the sun.
also: two small, irregular moons of Saturn belonging to the norse group, on the furthest reaches of the saturnian system.
greek titaness. daughter of Gaea and Ouranos. grandmother to apollo and artemis.
also: a retrograde moon of Saturn, associated with the norse group, home to Hati and Sköll.
greek titaness. daughter of Gaea and Ouranos. sister and wife to kronos; mother of the olympians.
also: the second-largest moon of Saturn. an icy, heavily cratered body tidally locked to the planet.
greek titaness. daughter of Gaea and Ouranos. wife to oceanus; mother of the rivers and oceanids.
also: a moon of Saturn composed almost entirely of water ice. home to the enormous impact crater odysseus.