# Tyranny explained — The Forerunner

> Chapter companion for The Forerunner by Khalil Gibran.

## What happens

The She-Dragon guarding the seven caves by the sea sings a prophecy of her mate's arrival, their wedding at the eclipse of the moon, and her eventual death at the hands of her own son, Saint George, born at the eclipse of the sun.

## Themes in this chapter

### Mortality and Legacy

The She-Dragon foretells her own death at the hands of her son, linking legacy with inevitable mortality.

### Love and Sacrifice

The She-Dragon's prophecy of wedding and birth implies a cycle of love leading to sacrifice and death.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown Narrator

The narrator presents the She-Dragon's song as a standalone prophecy.

## Key lines

> Thus sings the She-Dragon that guards the seven caves by the sea: 'My mate shall come riding on the waves. His thundering roar shall fill the earth with fear, and the flames of his nostrils shall set the sky afire. At the eclipse of the moon we shall be wedded, and at the eclipse of the sun I shall give birth to a Saint George, who shall slay me.'

The She-Dragon, keeper of the seven seaside caves, prophesies that her partner will arrive on the ocean, terrifying the world with his roar and fiery breath. They will marry during a lunar eclipse, and during a solar eclipse she will bear a son, Saint George, who will eventually kill her.

_This passage encapsulates the chapter's entire content, a prophetic song of love, birth, and death._

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