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Ixion the Energy of Djose
Electricity is the founding force of making machines work (well energy). Djose is in the stretch of land that holds nothing but long paths before getting from one place to another. The idea could be that electricity or energy is kept in this temple to help wayward souls and assist summoners on their journey. I find the depiction of Ixion as a horse amusing for the term "horse power" an idea in which energy is given a specific appropriation of the rate in which work is done. To work, one must have energy! My thoughts cycle.
I don't understand Ixion fully from the mythology perspective. He presumably killed two guys for killing his mother, killed his father in law, and lusted after the wife of the head of the gods. His attempted seduction of Hera eventually led to the creation of centaurs which explains his horse-like appearance. However, I'm most interested in his expulsion. In his expulsion from Olympus he was struck by lightning and was punished by being bound to a burning wheel and made to suffer through it. He got relief only when Orpheus played his lyre to save Eurydice from the underworld. That aside, the idea of the constantly burning wheel also lends itself to perpetual motion and energy, another facet that I connect with electricity and energy in general. He was also struck by lightning so maybe that has something to do with the elemental choice.