Chariots, redux

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Yeah, when I saw the lines Don quoted, I assumed it was Elijah too.  Since I'm 
post-skinmming, I dunno if there's an Elijah vs. Helios bout warming up or not.  Seen 
both mentioned in posts on this thread.

john m
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from Don L.:
>Heikki references:
>"Then there is the scene of the prophet Elijah's death. When
>the Old Man thinks Elijah has had it, he suddenly sends down
>a chariot of fire with horses of fire. Elijah gets whirled up.
>His follower (whose name is on the tip of my tongue) is left
>behind, baffled, I suppose."
>
>
>That'
>s the prophet Elisha (sic), left to follow in the guy's footsteps.
>
>Of course, it is Elijah who is to prophesy the coming of the Messiah and
>for whom a cup of wine and a door ajar are left at Passover.
>
>Anyway, the good Billy Blake, among his many drawings and paintings, has
>a scene of Elijah in his own Chariot of Fire.