(urth) Father Inire Theory cont.

[David Stockhoff]

How can the Devil (Serpent, Lucifer) serve anyone but himself?

On 12/10/2010 2:55 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
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> Okay, have to answer that question. I see Erebus and Abaia as not so distinct as their
> naming might indicate. The end of RttW suggests Scylla and Abaia are not so separate
> either. They are (by design by Wolfe) difficult to delineate and understand.
>
> As Antonio suggests, they work through agents. It must be considered that Father Inire
> is merely one of those agents. He doesn't have to be everywhere or a shapeshifter if a
> larger entity is breaking off pieces to serve as agents. He is just, ironically, the most
> visible face of them with regard to wielding political power. There are other jobs to do.
>
> In our history, we can cast the evil vizier whispering into the king's ear, be it Rasputin,
> Adolph Eichman or Dick Cheney, as a demonic metaphor. But I think it is a SF-Fantasy
> (and horror?) author's stock-in-trade to take our historical, mythological and relgious
> metaphors and create "real" characters out of them. I think Gene Wolfe has done that.
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