(urth) The Katharine maid
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Wed Oct 25 21:12:29 PDT 2006
Roy C. Lackey wrote:
> The external technology for the eidolons is alien, but the animating spirit
> comes from a living person. The eidolon of Severian created on the Ship
> differed from the original in that his bum leg was repaired. None but
> Severian knew knew about Triskele, so the dog's eidolon came from his mind.
> The dog's missing leg might as easily have been restored, but Severian
> remembered him as having three legs, just as the maid remained fixed in his
> famous memory.
Whose memory does the maid come from?
Does this imply Brother Cook and Brother Porter are likewise eidolons?
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