(urth) Wolfe's Puzzles

[Jack Smith]

Pan means "all",  as in pandemic.  Scylla says that her daddy was "to be the
god of everything--that's what his name meant."  (LotLS, ch. 11)


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:44 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  (I reject the explanation of derivation from "Pan"and "pastoral" as a
>>>> false,
>>>> too easily given clue. How is Typhon like a frolicking pipe-playing goat
>>>> god?)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pan is the only god to die within historical time (see Plutarch's Lives),
>>> like Pas.
>>>
>>
>> Is there a link to "pastor"? Typhon-Pas does lead his flock off Urth.
>>
>
> Well, "Typhon *drives* his flock off of Urth" is more accurate I think. He
> also drives them off the Whorl.
>
> It is Silk (indirectly) and Patera Quetzal (directly) who *leads* the flock
> off the Whorl.
>
> u+169b
>
>
>
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-- 
Best wishes,
Jack
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