(urth) Abaia

[b sharp]

for some reason, Bruinian's comment: 
 
>If, and only if, what the Divine had in mind for that country would be
>perceived as good by its inhabitants.
>If THAT Divine was up to something more ambiguous, well.....

reminded me of a new fact I encountered recently. That Abaia is the
name for a mythological giant eel has been mentioned numerous times in the
past. But I'd never before heard that part of his myth is that he causes 
floods. Seems like the concensus has been that he is the enemy of the New
Sun but this bit makes me wonder. We even have the child undine, Idas, 
trying to kill Severian to halt the New Sun from coming but...is it all
part of a set piece to bring a flood, using deliberately unsuccessful
attempts to impede Severian?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaia
 
-bsharp
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