(urth) lots of stuff
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Tue Jul 13 07:48:08 PDT 2010
It seems like a stretch, but I for one expect that Wolfe will stretch
for a wolf reference. I think he expects us to expect that of him.
The words "inire" and "finire" (initiate/begin and bring to an end) are
enough to start us off on that path, combined with the logical "Fr.
Inire." He probably began the Autarchy, he initiates Urth into a
mystery, he facilitates the end with the last Autarch.
I'll bet the man is a mean crossword puzzler.
Thomas Bitterman wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com
> <mailto:crushtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> That may have been a bit hasty, but the even though the
> fettered Fenrir
> was tied to Gyoll, Inire is awfully mobile about his duty
> station and
> commands means of egress and ingress - his position is more like
> Heimdall guarding Bifrost and standing sentry over doings in
> distant
> places on other worlds. It doesn't hurt that Heimdal is also the
> "Father" of the classes of men, in disguise as another person yet
>
>
> Just when I'm ready to leave the Norse association behind, you
> pull me back in. You're right about Heimdall because he's the
> Norse Janus. The link between Janus, Pan, and Osirus is Priapus
> who was variously associated with all of them. Heimdall, as the
> father of humanity, fits right in there. That leaves us here with
> reasonable mythological associations for Typhon, Severian, and Inire.
>
> The only frustrating thing is that the monster Typhon doesn't fit
> for any this. Fenrir doesn't fit for any of this either except in
> one way. He is an important father too...he's the father of the
> race of wolves. And, yeah, his rock is Gyoll which is also a
> mythical river.
>
>
> Fenrir as father of "Wolfe"s is good enough for me.
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