(urth) Original Sin and pagan gods

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

A brief followup, a couple of things I meant to mention but didn't
quite fit in.

Regarding the role of real pagan gods in a Christian world, consider
what Lewis does with them -- he offers three very different takes in
the Narnia books (Bacchus in _Prince Caspian_, and, more importantly,
the Magician on the Island of Dufflepuds in _The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader_); the Oyarsa in the Space trilogy; and (of course?) Eros in
_Till We Have Faces_.

Regarding contradiction vs. paradox -- Wolfe has repeatedly stated
his deep admiration for GK Chesterton, whose entire works, in a
sense, form a vast meditation on this distinction.


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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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