(urth) Juturna, the Missing Sister
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Wed Jul 28 17:45:10 PDT 2010
How do you account for the facial appearance of Agia/Agilus? I believe
Severian's description pegs them as Southerners, perhaps as related to
autochthons (i.e., Indians or what we would call Hispanics): long eyes,
flat cheeks, chestnut hair. Something like that.
Lee Berman wrote:
>
>> JW-
>> See, this is just the sort of thing that gets my goat.
>> Severian is dark-haired. So is Catherine. Agia and Agilus are
>> brown-haired. Dorcas is a blonde.
>> So now hair of any color other than red is evidence of relationship to
>> Severian!
>>
>
>
> Oh, that is so unfair! heh. Actually red hair would be in the mix
> also, (remembering that Fechin is Father Inire).
>
> Sorry about the goat, btw. My theory holds together pretty well for me
> but I understand it will be worthless for many others.
>
> Hair color must surely match and justify the geneology and I think it
> works like this:
>
> Blonde Dorcas and her red haired husband have blonde Ouen as a son. Ouen
> and dark haired Catherine have twins, dark haired Severian and blonde
> Severa (Jolenta).
>
> Dark haired Cyriaca and her red haired "uncle" have twins, Agia and
> Agilus. They have not just brown but reddish brown, "chestnut" hair.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_hair
>
>
> .
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