In the mythological writings of

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

, Thiriel is the first son of

Urizen In the mythology of William Blake, Urizen () is the embodiment of conventional reason and law. He is usually depicted as a bearded old man; he sometimes bears architect's tools, to create and constrain the universe; or nets, with which he ensna ...

. There is a possible confusion with ''

Tiriel ''Tiriel'' is a narrative poem by William Blake, written ''c.''1789. Considered the first of his prophetic books, it is also the first poem in which Blake used free septenaries, which he would go on to use in much of his later verse. ''Tirie ...

'', the protagonist of the first prophetic book, of that name. In ''

The Book of Urizen ''The Book of Urizen'' is one of the major prophetic books of the English writer William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was originally published as ''The First Book of Urizen'' in 1794. Later editions dropped the "First". The book ...

'', Thiriel has an explicit identification of his place as Air in the Four Elements, matched to Urizen's four sons. His birth is described in Chapter VIII: :Most Urizen sicken'd to see :His eternal creations appear, :Sons and daughters of sorrow, on mountains, :Weeping, wailing. First Thiriel appear'd, :Astonish'd at his own existence, :Like a man from a cloud born Thiriel appears also in ''

The Four Zoas ''Vala, or The Four Zoas'' is one of the uncompleted prophetic books by the English poet William Blake, begun in 1797. The eponymous main characters of the book are the Four Zoas (Urthona, Urizen, Luvah and Tharmas), who were created by the fall o ...

'', where he becomes

Palamabron Palamabron is a character in William Blake's mythology, representing pity. He is the brother of Rintrah (wrath), Bromion (scientific thought) and Theotormon (desire/jealousy), represented together as either the Sons of Los or of Jerusalem ...

. At the end of the Seventh Night, we read: :Urizen became Rintrah Thiriel became Palamabron

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