(urth) Eschatology and Genesis

[Dave Tallman]

b sharp wrote:
 > Nod: He (Meschia) is to come and dwell with me in my land east of 
this garden. I will give him one of my daughters to wife.

Before this line, Nod asks "Have you seen Meschia's son?" I believe the 
"he" in this line refers to the son, not Meschia himself. It's a 
reference to the old Biblical puzzle of Cain's wife. After Cain killed 
Abel, he fled to the Land of Nod, east of Eden, and "knew his wife."  
Her name and origin are not given in the Bible, so some say she came 
from the Nephilim or Rephaim.

I don't think Wolfe literally means that the human race is corrupted by 
mating with aliens. The DNA would be so different that there would be no 
possibility of offspring. The exultants might have adapted alien 
technology to do genetic engineering and cloning. The "royal jelly" idea 
about khabits makes some sense; exultants have to grow to maintain their 
youth. That could be the reason Talos' play refers to giants.