(urth) god(s) and gods
António Pedro Marques
entonio at gmail.com
Mon Nov 29 15:41:37 PST 2010
Jack Smith wrote:
> I think "Pas" is a corruption of "Pan", the Greek god of rustic places.
> "Pan" means everything, as in "pandemic" or "pandemonium". Scylla,
> possessing Chenille, explains about the gods being members of Pas'
> family on Urth and says "with Daddy to be the god of everything--that's
> what his name meant--and boss over everybody." (LotLS, ch. 11)
A little too straightforward to be true, inn'it?
To this day I haven't found an explanation I like for Pas. At the same time,
the name makes an enormous amount of sense to me. I can't help thinking
there must be some obvious association we're missing completely.
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