(urth) Hunter of the East

[Gerry Quinn]

From: David Stockhoff 

> >> I interpret the poem on its own terms. If the poem had 
> >> referred to the Huntsman’s starry sword, I’d have no hesitation in 
> >> saying the Huntsman is Orion. But he’s the Huntsman of the East, and 
> >> he throws a noose of sunlight, so he’s obviously the rising Sun.
> >> It’s not rocket science.

> Does Gerry know that the "starry sword" is about the one weapon Orion 
> does NOT use? He is imagined with club, bow, staff, scythe, maybe even 
> net, and so on (not that the pre-Wiki, Victorian Homo sapiens knew all 
> this), but the short sword is ALWAYS at his side. So it would be pretty 
> freaky for him to use it on a tower.
I said “if the poem had referred to the sword”.  Nothing about whether it is referred to as being used to attack a tower, or being used for anything at all.  The point is, a starry sword would be an example of an Orion reference.  But instead, the Huntsman has Sun references.
- Gerry Quinn
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