The blind fury here is the mythological figure Atropos; this is the Fate that cuts the slender thread by which our lives dangle.

If you've read L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, you know that the image of the great mythological poet Orpheus is always a loaded one for Milton.

Their son, Baal, is a storm god. He's depicted in mythological literature Mot as defeating both the chaotic sea god, Yam, and the god of death, Mot.