A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter S

Sól

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Personification of the sun, sister of Máni, chased by the wolf Sköll

Detailed Definition
Sól is the Norse sun deity, daughter of Mundilfari, who drives the sun chariot across the sky, pursued by the wolf Sköll. She is destined to be caught at Ragnarök. Sól appears in the Völuspá and Grímnismál. Poets invoke her to symbolize light, time, and the fragile persistence of order—her daily journey a metaphor for hope under constant threat.
Example
Example in poetry:
Sól, personified Sun, appears in Vafþrúðnismál: “Sól is chased by Sköll across the sky”; Snorri describes her as daughter of Mundilfari in Gylfaginning; Poets use “Sól’s chariot” as a kenning for the sun; In Völuspá, she is devoured at Ragnarök but reborn; Her journey embodies light’s vulnerability and renewal; Sól’s fate underscores Norse cyclical cosmology.
Additional Notes
Sól (Sun) is the personified sun, daughter of Mundilfari, chased across the sky by the wolf Sköll, as told in Vafþrúðnismál and Gylfaginning. She is devoured at Ragnarök but gives birth to a daughter who continues her path. Students should note Sól’s active role—she is not merely a object but a conscious being navigating danger. In poetry, "Sól’s chariot" or "Sól’s horse" are common kennings. Her gender (female sun) contrasts with many Indo-European traditions (e.g., Greek Helios), reflecting Norse uniqueness. Sól’s fate embodies vulnerability and renewal, making her central to studies of cyclical time, light symbolism, and apocalyptic hope in Norse cosmology.
Other Meanings of “Sól”
Also Known As
Sun Sól the Radiant Sköll’s Prey Day-Lamp Solar Maiden Helios
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