(urth) Severian among the Ascians

Jeffrey Brent McBeth mcbeth at broggs.org
Thu Dec 11 13:28:57 PST 2008


On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 01:45:53PM -0600, Adam Thornton wrote:
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:17 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>
>> Lexicon Urthis suggests that Severian spent a year among the Ascians.
>>
>> Does anyone know when this is thought to have occurred?
>
> I'm reminded of the Mormon claim that Jesus spent some of the Missing Years 
> in America.

I'm assuming that by Missing Years, you mean between age 8 and 30.  The
Mormon claim is actually that Jesus spent time in America after his
resurrection.

>
> Also, of course, the fairy-story trope of rulers switching kingdoms for a 
> year and a day.
>
> Adam



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