(urth) Abaia and the undines
Son of Witz
sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Tue Dec 9 11:23:20 PST 2008
>> This is Jonas' story of the black beans:
>
>I can't make more of that than maybe they were quantum black holes that
>ended up being chucked in the sun instead. Jonah is also our source for
>the Great Beasts being mountain-sized.
I believe we see Abia and Erebus in Severian's Undine Dream. Shadow 15
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Far off loomed great shapes - things hundreds of times larger than a man. Some
seemed ships, and some clouds; one was a living head without a body; one had a
hundred heads. A blue haze obscured them, and I saw below me a country of sand,
carved by the currents. A palace stood there that was greater than our Citadel,
but it was ruinous,
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hundreds of times larger than a man.
Living head without a body,
one had a hundred heads.
This is a hunch of course.
While these creatures seem to represent primordial and pagan entities, I think they also stand as a sort of theological critique.
Living Head without a body: a distant God with no incarnated aspect.
One had a hundred heads: Polytheism.
~witz
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