(urth) Pike's ghost

[Larry Miller]

Before this thread turns into another Typhons Nature Ill just say
this: In Castle of the Otter in the Onomastics chapter Wolfe very
clearly lays out his naming scheme.  His first rule is "Everything is
just what it says it is."  He even refers to Typhon as a monster and
Piaton as a man.  Typhon therefore is not human (or at least not in
the same way as the Urthlings are) even in Wolfes eyes.  There are
things in the text that also seem to point to Typhons "alienness."
Whether you choose to read them that way is up to the individual
reader ultimately.  This may just be one of those things we will have
to agree to disagree on Gerry.

On 11/27/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
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> From: Larry Miller
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>> Yes but Typhon seems to have done the opposite of those such as
>> Baldanders.  He began as a monster that transformed himself into a
>> human so that he could rule over humans.
> What makes you think that?
> - Gerry Quinn