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<font size=3>At 06:16 AM 10/20/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Phoenicia, Aethiopia--either way
it's where Baal was worshipped,<br>
right? </font></blockquote><br>
The Storm King would be Baal, of course, lord of the storm. But also
Thor, Zeus, Jupiter. Probably all the same mythic structure. Baal is also
Husband, and rapist. Seems apropos for the description of the visit to
Squiddie's city.<br><br>
Cassiopeia rather than any daughter Andromeda chained to a rock. Reis
rather than either woman being sacrificed. "King must die"
motif. Also, though, Husband dying for his Bride, who is then rescued by
angels. <br><br>
Reis as Christ figure, then: misunderstood; bent on saving the
beautiful earth; dying to bring about the destruction of Satan, the being
who captured earth "before the Flood." (California Satanists
gladly join Squiddie's cult, it being the same thing.) <br><br>
William means "Protector." Reis is German for "twig,
shoot" and also archaically "knight." The Stem of Jesse,
the Messiah, in Isaiah 11:1, 10, etc. is "Reis." Reis is
Christ.<br><br>
William = Wallace. Willliam Wallace, Christian hero of recent
celebration. Rosenquist "rose twig" (Scandanavian). So, same as
Reis. The Christmas hymn "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" and
many others. <br><br>
Hmmm. In the Bible, the Church is both Daughter (Andromeda) and Bride
(Cassiopeia). Both attacked by Satan, using as his agent the Sea Beast of
Revelation 13, along with the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms!<br><br>
In Matthew 24, the victory over Satan means "wheresoever the carcass
is, there the vultures will gather." But is that how Wolfe uses the
reference?<br><br>
<font size=3>Maybe Reis starts out with megalomaniacal intentions and the
bad gold is his downfall, but he is surely redeemed at the end and wins
his name. Yet, he is using the gold to poison the various evil dragons of
the world, and ultimately to seek and destroy the Invader. The Evil Guest
is probably multiple, but surely Squiddie/Satan is the evil guest to be
expelled. <br><br>
Your turn.<br><br>
Nutria<br>
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