(urth) Silk's Origin

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/12/2011 4:11 PM, James Wynn wrote:
>>> I'm thinking James' question might have had a whimsical
>>> tone rather than being meant as a strict,
>>> literal query but I do think you are right Marc. Thus the
>>> "secret of the inhumi". Vines/lianas don't
>>> engage in social pathology such as lying and manipulation.
>>> They got that from us.  How do you think
>>> the reptile/amphibian aspect of inhumi got incorportated?
>>>
>>> Does the multi-head/multi-limb aspect of the Neighbors
>>> reflect a tree origin?
>> In my opinion, yes, and it also symbolically represents the doubled 
>> genetic nature of a hybrid strain (corn genetics in the first chapter 
>> of OBW and hybridization linked to the condition of Blue - ad 
>> nauseum!  Both symbolic of Silk-Horn and the neighbors as hybrids 
>> more suited to the harsh environment).  Note how MAD the neighbors 
>> get when a guy with an ax goes into the forest.  why?  It's mother 
>> tree he's going to cut down.
>
> There are indeed lots of references associating the trees on Blue to 
> Neighbors and vines to inhumi.
> When you see that Wolfe is overlaying the Neighbors with Fairie 
> mythology--and since dream-travel is Time-travel, perhaps they are 
> supposed to be the origins of the myth--the idea of the Neighbors as 
> dryads makes perfect sense.
>
> "Neighbor" = "Grey Neighbors" = Fair Folk = Fairie. Wolfe is aware of 
> this because he refers to it in "An Evil Guest". 

> Exactly.


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