战士公主西娜 第一季 的剧照

Xena swims to the underworld via the Alcyonian Lake.In the show's mythology Gabrielle plays the part of Alcyone, waiting for her love's return. From a symbolism standpoint, `Mortal Beloved` was all about Gabrielle by the Lake. XWP is an action show, and yet three scenes of Gabrielle doing nothing are included. In two of them, the background music is even absent, making for utter calm. The word Halcyon, meaning calm and happy, derives from the myth of Alcyone who was turned into a bird that brings good weather by the gods for her devotion. In Mortal Beloved, Gabrielle did nothing except control the gate between eternity and the mundane. She was then: calm = Halcyon; or more than sempiternity, per the late Latin writer and philosopher, Boethius (475-524 AD). This explains the exquisite perfection of the Maxfield Parrish imagery as she stirred the lake water.