Jonas Whitfield

Season: 6 , Episodes: 1, Faction: Magnus Hanso (DHARMA Initiative)

Overview

Jonas Whitfield was an officer on the Black Rock, a ship owned by Magnus Hanso.

Messenger	Death	Underworld	Athletics	Intelligence (Knowledge)
Fertility (Vegetation)	Fire	Sky

1867

6×09 – Ab Aeterno

   

In 1867, the Black Rock docked in Tenerife, Canary Islands, where Jonas meet and bought a number of men to serve as slaves, among them Ignacio and Ricardo. 

   

After the Black Rock crashed on the Island, Jonas killed all the prisoners, except for Ricardo. He was killed by the Man in Black in his black smoke form alongside the entire ship’s crew. (“Ab Aeterno”)

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Casting Call

The casting call describes him as “[JONAS WHITFIELD] Early to mid 30s; English; must speak with authentic accent. He’s crisp and his bearing is of a British military officer. Athletic and agile, he’s worked hard to rise up the corporate ladder and make something of himself. He believes in survival of the fittest…GUEST STAR.”

Decoded Season 2 & 3 Characters

Magnus Hanso

Richard Alpert

Decoded Season 5 & 6 Characters

The Man In Black

Father Suarez

Ignacio

Key Episode(s) to Decoding the Character

6x09 "Ab Aeterno"

Wiki Info

Hermes is the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and additionally as a guide to the Underworld. Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of the cunning of thieves and liars, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics and sports, of weights and measures, of invention, and of commerce in general. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged sandals, the winged hat, and the caduceus.

In the Roman adaptation of the Greek religion (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce.

The Homeric hymn to Hermes invokes him as the one “of many shifts (polytropos), blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods.”

He protects and takes care of all the travelers, miscreants, harlots, old crones and thieves that pray to him or cross his path. He is athletic and is always looking out for runners, or any athletes with injuries who need his help.

Hermes is a messenger from the gods to humans, sharing this role with Iris. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a hermeneus. Hermes gives us our word “hermeneutics”, the study and theory of interpretation. In Greek a lucky find was a hermaion. Hermes delivered messages from Olympus to the mortal world. He wears shoes with wings on them and uses them to fly freely between the mortal and immortal world. Hermes was the second youngest of the Olympian gods, being born before Dionysus.

Hermes, as an inventor of fire, is a parallel of the Titan, Prometheus. In addition to the lyre, Hermes was believed to have invented many types of racing and the sports of wrestling and boxing, and therefore was a patron of athletes.

According to prominent folklorist Yeleazar Meletinsky, Hermes is a deified trickster. Hermes also served as a psychopomp, or an escort for the dead to help them find their way to the afterlife (the Underworld in the Greek myths). In many Greek myths, Hermes was depicted as the only god besides Hades, Persephone, Hecate, and Thanatos who could enter and leave the Underworld without hindrance.

Hermes often helped travelers have a safe and easy journey. Many Greeks would sacrifice to Hermes before any trip.

In the fully-developed Olympian pantheon, Hermes was the son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia, a daughter of the Titan Atlas. Hermes’ symbols were the cock and the tortoise, and he can be recognized by his purse or pouch, winged sandals, winged cap, and the herald’s staff, the kerykeion. The night he was born he slipped away from Maia and stole his elder brother Apollo’s cattle.

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Mythological Family Members & Associated Deities

HERMES II (Later Incarnation)	ATLAS (Grandfather)	PLEIONE (Grandmother)	ZEUS (Father)	MAIA (Mother)	IRIS (Counterpart)	THANATOS
DIONYSUS	HADES	HECATE	PROMETHEUS	APOLLO