The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of Father Time. Variation of Transcendent Spirit and Temporal Entity. Finale version of New Year Entity. Not to be confused with Time Deity. Counterpart to Death. Secondary Male Counterpart to Mother Nature.
Also Called[]
- Father Clock
- The Father of Time
- Keeper/Lord of Time
- Temporal Lord/Father
- Time Himself
Properties[]
As an archetype, Father Time is a personification/entity of time that focuses on the flow of time, passing of the years, birth, death and aspects of time by embodying it in the form of the father, and normally is an older looking humanoid male with a powerful scythe, an hourglass and sometimes a pair of large wings. However, this does not apply to every Father Time archetype in description, but they are always some forms of temporal entity-type being.
Father Time is also a companion of the Death, often taking his scythe. This temporal being is also said to be the grownup/fully realized version of the Baby New Year, with each year that passes, the Baby New Year becomes the new Father Time archetype, until the next new year for all time. Mother Nature is sometimes paired with Father Time, acting as her balancing counterpart. However temporal mothers or “Mother Time” are unheard of in folklore and mythos making this a more male figure-based archetype.
Applications[]
- Chrono Power
- Divine Object (Hourglass)
- Life and Death Manipulation (Possibility; limited)
- Old God
- Scythe Proficiency
- Death Infusion
- Temporal Slicing (Possibility)
- Spirit/Transcendent Spirit Physiology
- Temporal Guardianship
- Time Embodiment
- All Temporal Powers
- Age Manipulation
- Chronoscience
- Eternity Embodiment (Possibility, through a temporal cycle or reincarnation)
- Omni-Cycle Manipulation
- Temporal Deity
- Temporal Lordship
- Temporal Source
- Temporal Plane Manipulation
- Time Manipulation
Variations/Relationships[]
Associations[]
- Cycle Embodiment
- Death Embodiment
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Mythic Physiology
- New Year Entity
- Time Deity
- Transcendent Physiology
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- May be vulnerable to the effects of Divine Power Absorption, Divine Power Negation, Divine Energy Absorption, Divine Slayer, Divinity Nullification or Transcendent Negation.
- Reincarnation Denial and Time Destruction
- With the possibility of Father Time being a grownup version of the baby New Year that is on a cycle of reincarnation through the years' time, if a being where destroys father time or the new year time itself may end.
Trivia[]
- As an image Father Time's origins are curious in nature. The ancient Greeks themselves began to associate Chronos, their word for time, with the agricultural god Cronus, who had the attribute of a harvester's sickle. The Romans equated Cronos with Saturn, who also had a sickle, and was seen as an old man. The wings and hourglass were added in the early Renaissance, and he eventually became a companion of the Grim Reaper who was the personification of Death, often taking his scythe or having a duplicate of it. The Egyptian symbol of eternity in the form a snake eating its own tail may have also been attribute of his.
Example Characters[]
See Also: Father Time, Time Master and Time Tropes
Cartoons[]
- Clockwork (Danny Phantom)
- Father Time (Fairly Odd Parents)
- Father Time (Teen Titans Go!)
- Father Time (Regular Show)
- Father Time (WB)
Comics[]
- Father Time (DC Comics)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Father Time (Folklore)
- Chronos (Greek Mythology); linked origin
- Cronus/Saturn (Greco-Roman Mythology); linked origin
- Zurvan (Zoroanstrianism)
Television/Movies[]
- Father Time (Rudolph's Shiny New Year)
- Father Time (The Santa Clause 2 and 3)
Video Games[]
- Sage of Time (Megami Tensei series)
Gallery[]
