(urth) The Cumaean

[Jeff Wilson]

On Wed, May 8, 2013 09:10, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
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>> From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>
>>To: "urth at urth.net" <urth at urth.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:15 AM
>>Subject: (urth) The Cumaean
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>>Ignoring earthly and Biblical analogy for now, perhaps the Fish's Mouth
>> theme and the
>>snakey-fish "Abaia" is a metaphor for the great beast(s) which have
>> swallowed Urth whole
>>and which now lives on within the dark belly of the beast. Perhaps Jonas
>> (Jonah?) was named
>>for one who escaped that belly.
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>>Moreover, I had previously wondered how Severian bringing a flood could
>> vanquish ocean-
>>dwelling giant creatures.


Aside from the New Sun's light illuminating the depths, floods are never
permanent, and whenever people survive to view the aftermath of the
deluge, they see all sorts of unknown creatures beached inland, left
behind by the receding waters. When continents founder even Leviathan may
be left high and dry.


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Jeff Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab
< http://www.tamut.edu/cil >