(urth) Septimius Severus, Quadrifons
Mo Holkar
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Wed Aug 24 02:13:08 PDT 2011
At 01:12 24/08/2011, António wrote:
>(I never saw an
>explanation for Severian's name, and for whatever reason I expected
>one)
There has been a bit of discussion relating
Severian's name to the character Severin in
Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs
Wolfe being Wolfe,
there are likely several strands of reference brought together in the name.
(According to LU, there are 5 saints so named.)
best,
Mo
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