(urth) Abaia and the undines

[John Watkins]

The sword Eterne in Wizard Knight is a Moorcock homage, isn't it?

On 12/11/08, Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Matthew Malthouse
> <matthew at calmeilles.co.uk> wrote:
> > At 15:14 10/12/2008, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Otherwise, I have not found any correspondence of these names with one
> >> another or any single mythos in any way, except that the names Erebus and
> >> Arioch may have Semitic roots, and that Erebus and Scylla are Homeric.
> >
> >
> > Arioch is indeed Hebrew meaning fierce lion and as a  demon appeared in
> > works as diverse (or similar?) as Paradise Lost and Morcock's Elric et al.
>
> I know Moorcock published at least one of Wolfe's stories, so perhaps
> he was making a Paradise Lost reference AND homaging Moorcock?
>
> The problem there is that Moorcock and Wolfe are pretty much
> completely opposed philosophically and Moorcock is probably not the
> first writer Wolfe would "call out".
>
> Arioch in Moorcock's books is one of the major gods of Chaos, which
> seems relevant.
>
> -Matt
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