(urth) Pike's Ghost

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/23/2011 8:29 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> The femur is the biggest/longest bone in the human body. The incus (middle ear bone)
> is the smallest/shortest bone. Of 200+ bones Wolfe had to choose from, these two
> choices cannot be a coincidence.

Interesting observation.
>
> It could simply designate the body size of Incus but that doesn't seem significant
> enough for such a cryptic but clearly presented puzzle to solve. If it relates to
> gender, as you propose, perhaps (ahem) the size of the bone is meant to reflect
> degree of maleness.

Or something about small men and big women? Note Incus calls Femur a 
"sibling," not brother or sister. Seems generally to be a sexually 
ambiguous family!
>
> Is it possible Incus, instead of simply being female, is hermaphroditic or
> transgendered in some way? Consider the theories regarding Hyacinth's ambiguous
> gender, based both on mythology and textual clues. Doesn't this present a very clear
> reason for a confusion between Hyacinth and Incus?

Could it it be a flag for that ambiguity, rather than evidence either way?