(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/24/2011 10:43 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
> I REALLY think Wolfe uses an animalistic nature to mark the demonic 
> from the angelic (as the Bible also does). We have the great beasts in 
> the ocean, we have Inire and his monkey nature and The Cumaean and her 
> snakey nature. This is in contrast to Barbatus and Famulimus who wear 
> horrible animal masks but only to disguise their superhuman beauty. 

Perhaps more "daemonic."

> You have to wonder about Tzadkiel though. He displays animalistic 
> trends (meaning the monkey-like Zak, his butterfly wings and the 
> mention of his "larvae). But he/she also possesses superhuman beauty. 
> An all-in-one god? Angel and demon? Hm.......


IIRC, in Wizard Knight there is an intimation that beyond the lower 
circles lie the higher circles---that together they form a great circle. 
And so the low (animals) is mixed with the high (Most High).