(urth) Juturna

[Anthony Davis]

Forgive me for interrupting:

Who is Juturna?

Jolenta keeps popping into my head. All of GW's characters have excellent
names and are easy to remember/characterize but this one eludes me. (I just
read the 5 New Sun books for the first time and I am embarrassed to say I
can't remember and I'm not with my books at the moment.)

Thanks!
Anthony (another new BotNS fanatic)


On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> b sharp wrote:
>
>>
>> One support for Jeff Wilson's idea that Juturna is Severian's sister could
>> be their shared pale white skin. In my view, another would be their bizarre
>> sexual attraction for each other, since I suspect Severian's family is so
>> cursed to feel that way about each other.
>>
>
> uncanny attraction between long-lost siblings is fairly common in
> literature and not unknown in RL
>
>  This story is full of liars but I tend to believe Juturna when she
>> describes Abaia as her (and her sisters')
>> "father-husband".  If there is any correspondence between the undines and
>> the Corn Maidens of the Naviscaput story, we may believe the undines aren't
>> really very loyal to their incestuous father, Abaia and
>> might lean toward Severian and the New Sun.
>>
>
> This could be a habit of speaking for an adopted sister. It may also be
> that Jut and Sev are half-siblings rather than full.
>
>  If  Severian is Juturna's brother, is he  to be considered a son of Abaia?
>>
>
> Unlikely, or he wouldn't be at a disadvantage underwater even the first
> time.
>
>  I think a real hurdle for this theory to overcome could be Idas.  She is
>> so tall as a child it implies that undines
>> are large by nature, not as a result of being sea-dwelling.  If siblings
>> why would Juturna be so big and Severian
>>  normal sized?  Also, if undines were pinched off we would think they
>> could be of any size. But Severian's encounters with Juturna and Idas also
>> suggests that undines are extremely large by nature, not subject to choice.
>>
>
> It's part of the longevity-by-growth theme. Many sea creatures live and
> grow for an indefinite period; lobsters, for instance, grow about 1 lb a
> year and have been found up to a couple hundred pounds. Baldanders
> redsiscovered this principle and ended up joining the undines under the
> water because his weight became prohibitive.
>
> There is also the property of aquatic life to limit their growth according
> to the size of the habitat.
>
> So...Idas live underwater, growing taller than a man by the time she has
> noticeable breasts, and then is sent onto The Ship. Juturna is larger
> because she's been living underwater longer. Merryn, an undine changeling
> many generations descended from the corn maidens is brought up on land and
> is stunted because of it, but still has the youthful face from undine
> longevity.
>
>
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