(urth) Claw = Fang?

[David Stockhoff]

Probably.

On 11/1/2012 8:27 PM, Thomas Bitterman wrote:
> It's not just a reference to the Crown of Thorns?
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM, David Stockhoff 
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Thorns might be considered to resemble claws more than fangs. But
>     Severian's blood the Claw sheds is perhaps more important than the
>     Claw itself.
>
>     It seems like a stretch, but "nature red in tooth and claw" could
>     connect it to a fang. But why do so?
>
>
>     On 11/1/2012 8:18 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
>
>
>         From: the badger
>
>             It occurred to me that the Claw as a physical artifact
>             bears some resemblance
>              to a fang - I'm thinking specifically of a serpent's
>             fang. Which naturally suggests
>              the depiction of Satan as a serpent, the Garden of Eden
>             etc ... as far as I can see
>             this doesn't really fit into the theology/symbology of the
>             BotNS but it's curious
>             if you think about it - has anyone else pursued this line?
>
>
>         Interesting thought.  I haven't heard of it.
>
>         Of course the Claw is really a thorn.  I don't know that that
>         has any significance.
>
>         - Gerry Quinn
>
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