(urth) And Now For Something Completely

[António Pedro Marques]

David Stockhoff wrote (17-11-2011 04:05):
> On 11/16/2011 10:41 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>> I'm not sure about Typhon himself. He tells Severian he'll be sent
>> tribute of women and young boys, but the implication seems sexual. The
>> hidden painting of Pas supports this idea. My guess is that after
>> Typhon had his fun, they were sacrificed and put on the barbecue (or
>> tossed in the ocean?) for Echidna, Scylla and maybe others. I'd guess
>> it was some aspect of the Outsider who reprogrammed Pas to allow
>> animal sacrifices only on The Whorl.
>
> What exactly do you refer to? Humans were sacrificed on the Whorl. AFAIK
> it was the humans who stopped doing it.

Lee misremembered it as did you, no need to get angry.
Quetzal forbade human sacrifice in Viron in an attempt to prevent teophanies
(ELS 124).