retrogaycavelo: Hercules had survived ten of the twelve tortures he was honor-bound to endure. The k
retrogaycavelo: Hercules had survived ten of the twelve tortures he was honor-bound to endure. The king was more than ever convinced the gods were protecting their favorite bastard, but there was no turning back. The royal soothsayers had warned that the ominous black thunder clouds that shrouded Cappadocia were omens of doom for the king. But he decided that if they were, they would mean the end of Hercules as well. He would use this storm and all it’s fury for his final test of Hercules’ divine protection. After the whipping of his friends, the emotionally racked half-god was taken to the highest point on the island and there manacled to the horns of a great iron idol in the form of a bull. It was believed that the idol’s strength was derived from the gods’ lightning striking it repeatedly during storms. But as the storm’s fury raged and Zeus’ lightning bolts clashed all around him. Hercules remained safe. He shouted heart-felt thanks to his all-powerful father. With Hercules’ survival of this test, the Manazon king knew his own fate was sealed. -- source link