All I can think of is poetic descriptions of all the different kinds of Gagh in Sto vo kor.
If Dante Aligheri encountered Stovo korr and Grethor what then?
- Thread starter WesleysDisciple
- Start date
Considering he was a Christian, a human and well...kind of a non-action guy...I think Dante would have thought of Sto vo kor as a kind of Pagan Hell, where some sort of godless, frightful heathens live in horrible chaos and hedonism.
I just imagine him showing up there and asking to see God and some Klingon warrior telling him that they slayed their gods. He'd have the shock of his life at such a thought and the only way he could rationalize those Klingons into his world view would be either as demons or some savage, pagan culture from *gasp* outside Christendom.
As to "poetic descriptions" of gagh....again he was a human, not a Trekkie and not written as a character in Berman era Trek (which gave all humans a mandatory love for Klingon culture for some, unfathomable reason)....
I think he would have thought of it as some sort of ghastly hell food (as really almost anybody would)
So assuming he would have still written the Divine Comedy, he likely would have added both Sto vo Kor and the actual Klingon Hell to his depiction of hell, maybe he would have placed Sto vo Kor in Limbo...
It would be possible that he might have thought the Klingons were the Nephilim, forever trapped in some sub-part of Limbo and falsely believing in their pride that they have slayed god.
I just imagine him showing up there and asking to see God and some Klingon warrior telling him that they slayed their gods. He'd have the shock of his life at such a thought and the only way he could rationalize those Klingons into his world view would be either as demons or some savage, pagan culture from *gasp* outside Christendom.
As to "poetic descriptions" of gagh....again he was a human, not a Trekkie and not written as a character in Berman era Trek (which gave all humans a mandatory love for Klingon culture for some, unfathomable reason)....
I think he would have thought of it as some sort of ghastly hell food (as really almost anybody would)
So assuming he would have still written the Divine Comedy, he likely would have added both Sto vo Kor and the actual Klingon Hell to his depiction of hell, maybe he would have placed Sto vo Kor in Limbo...
It would be possible that he might have thought the Klingons were the Nephilim, forever trapped in some sub-part of Limbo and falsely believing in their pride that they have slayed god.
Last edited:
I suppose he would have written: 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here, and swallow the gagh wholesale, it slides down easier that way' .
On a slightly more serious note (as far as such a thing is possible with a topic like this), I believe he embraced the concept of 'virtuous pagans' being in Limbo, and he might have placed truly honourable Klingons (such as Worf) into that category, and perhaps also interpreted Sto Vo Kor as such.
On a slightly more serious note (as far as such a thing is possible with a topic like this), I believe he embraced the concept of 'virtuous pagans' being in Limbo, and he might have placed truly honourable Klingons (such as Worf) into that category, and perhaps also interpreted Sto Vo Kor as such.
Last edited:
As I wrote, he might have interpreted them as the Nephilim, the Great Warriors and Heroes of Old, who, depending on your interpretation of those OT passages, went to a special place after their death.
Oh any personages he should meet?
if ones literalistic then Dante was something like 800 years before TNG
if ones willing to bend facts a little
Duras would cuss worf out and say he didnt belong in grethor moment he woke up on barge of the dead.
Not sure how he managed to avoid getting sucked up by koastady or however its spelled..
Gowron would probaly feel a grudging respect for worf
Ideas on others they could meet?
Kor the Dahar Master?
if ones literalistic then Dante was something like 800 years before TNG
if ones willing to bend facts a little
Duras would cuss worf out and say he didnt belong in grethor moment he woke up on barge of the dead.
Not sure how he managed to avoid getting sucked up by koastady or however its spelled..
Gowron would probaly feel a grudging respect for worf
Ideas on others they could meet?
Kor the Dahar Master?
Like Dante Puts popes and others on his shit l ist in hell in the divine Comedy?
Yes that's pretty much half of the point of the Divine Comedy. And people he likes are in Paradiso. Or even get seats reserved in Paradiso.
Dante really hoped that this one Holy Roman Emperor (Henry VII) would conquer Rome and purge the papacy of corruption.
He was so sure that towards the end of Paradiso we learn that there is a Henry VII has a seat reserved for him among the souls that dwell closest to the biblical God.
Henry VII was Emperor for less than a year and utterly failed in his endeavours. Preeeety awkward...
Dante really hoped that this one Holy Roman Emperor (Henry VII) would conquer Rome and purge the papacy of corruption.
He was so sure that towards the end of Paradiso we learn that there is a Henry VII has a seat reserved for him among the souls that dwell closest to the biblical God.
Henry VII was Emperor for less than a year and utterly failed in his endeavours. Preeeety awkward...
Similar threads
