(urth) More on Juturna

[David Duffy]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, b sharp wrote:

> Jonas.  If the naviscaput leviathan in that story is a reference to Abaia
> then could the Corn Maidens, taken against their will, be the analog to the
> undines?
>
> To me the undines (Juturna, Idas) project a sense of unhappy desperation in
> their direct dealings with Severian until the final scene where Juturna is
> happily munching on fish and seems calmly pleased to help Severian with no
> strings attached.  Perhaps in some unexplained manner the New Sun has freed
> the undines.
>

This reminds one of the various female Aelf in Wizard-Knight.