(urth) Lictor

[Marc Aramini]

*warrant it that ...

On Sunday, February 18, 2018, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the issue with allusions in Wolfe - sometimes the extratextual
> ones are essentially external confirmation of our suspicions, but they are
> usually chosen around a unifying theme. Given the prominence of Sun rebirth
> death sacrifice etc etc etc in new sun any conceivable connection to a cult
> of Mithras in incidental details is intentional and reinforcing at best and
> aptly coincidental at worst- still worth mentioning. It is when theme does
> not arrant it tht we travel the slippery slope of, for example, navigator
> as jfk.
>
> On Sunday, February 18, 2018, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Severian's position in Thrax bears only the slightest suggestive
>> resemblance to that of a Roman lictor. There is no "as such" here.
>>
>> Wolfe does not mention God or Borges either.
>>
>>
>> On 2/18/2018 12:50 AM, Gerry Leb wrote:
>>
>>> In Thrax, based on the letter from The Guild, Severian is appointed
>>> Lictor. As such, he is the chief law enforcement officer of Thrax,
>>> responsible for the prison, the barbican, the personal security of the
>>> Archon, and also, in the final scene of his holding of the office, he is
>>> detailed to perform the murder of a subject, Cyriaca. He refuses to kill
>>> her, and flees. In the book, as far as I can recall, there are no
>>> references to Severian in any context that could possibly be connected to
>>> the earthly faith of Mithraism.
>>>
>>
>>
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