(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/26/2011 11:40 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> I don't know! I found it in an obscure occult text from 1920. I don't 
> normally read such stuff. But I get the impression Gene Wolfe has. 
> There really aren't many online references to the name "Hethor" and 
> most of them are post-BotNS (i.e. probably inspired by it). 

I like it!
> Again, with all due credit (a lot!) to Mantis, I think he is off base in thinking Hethor is
> Kim Lee Soong. There is so much else about Hethor which points elsewhere.

I agree.
> Yes there is the suggestion that Hethor avoids Jonas to avoid being recognized. And in UotNS
> Severian sees a Jonas look-alike on the ship and a Hethor look-alike on the ship. That's
> enough for me. They were ship mates.

Easily. Whether there is more than 1 ship or not.
> I think it is a goosechase to think there is more than one ship which becomes lost in the folds
> of time. The text hints there is only one and I take the hint. Hethor's ship is the Quasar which
> (at least in the 70's) is the oppsite of a black hole, a White Fountain. That ship travels to Yesod
> to retrieve the White  Fountain. Severiran's"family" crest includes a ship and a fountain. These
> clues paint a pretty clear picture for me. 		 	   		

Apparently there are ships and there are Ships. I am sure Typhon's fleet 
did not consist of a single ship full of freaks and mutants. I don't 
think Hethor's ship really IS the White Fountain. Severian is the White 
Fountain and rode Tzadkiel's ship; Hethor and Jonas may have as well. 
The Ship gets around. but it can't be all ships.