(urth) Lupiverse(es)

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 From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>
To: urth at urth.net 
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:15 AM
Subject: (urth) Lupiverse(es)
 


For some reason the example of Abaia comes to mind. In earlier readings I didn't 
know mythological Abaia was an eel. So I didn't know he was meant to be associated
with Murene, the town on the shores of Lake Diuturna. Knowing that suggests that 
the Baldanders character is supposed to be associated with both Juturna and Abaia. 
And knowing the association with these two fishy characters might explain his 
underwater breathing and the scars(?) on his neck. But who (pre-internet) knew
who/what Abaia was?

And there are so many other examples where really esoteric knowledge like that is 
required to piece the puzzles together. Juripari, Fomalhaut, Ouroboros and 
Matthew 17:27 all relate to fish mouths. How do these relate to each other (and
Abaia and Thelxiepeia and Mamelta and The Mother)? I guess there probably remains
mysteries to solve.                           


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Incidentally, juruparis are also called Earth Eaters.

On a tangent, has anyone seen this link? It's an amusing interpretation of BNS as a set of tropes:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/BookOfTheNewSun?from=Main.BookOfTheNewSun
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