(urth) Mantis on some NEW SUN names

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed Nov 28 22:42:39 PST 2007


It seems that you are assuming that the names relate to some influence or
other?  Has there been any discussion of Stevensonian influences?


.

>> >On the topic of decoding names, this seems like a perfect opportunity
>> >for challenging readers to crack "the bloody three," the names called
>> >out at the Sanguinary Field:
>> >
>> >Laurentia of the House of the Harp
>> >Cadroe of the Seventeen Stones
>> >Sabas of the Parted Meadow
>> >
>> >The first names are not an issue here, the "last names" are.
>> >
>> >"Seventeen Stones" has a powerful link to the Group of Seventeen, to
>> >be sure.  Historically there are also stone rings in the British
>> >Isles and an old cemetery of slaves in the US.  I find it very
>> >difficult to reverse engineer a surname from "seventeen," but maybe
>> >I'm looking at it the wrong way.
>
> Harpers Magazine runs brain-stretching puzzles similar to this every
> issue and I've never been particularly good at solving them, but I'll
> gladly take a crack at Cadroe of the Seventeen Stones.
>
> As anyone who has ever been to Scotland knows, *cod* roe is one of its
> national delicacies (especially the smoked variety). And since Seventeen
> Stones can be rearranged to spell Stevenson, could this be a reference
> to Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson?
>
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