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<pre wrap="">Yes, I considered that, Erebus being the son of Chaos, and Scylla being the daughter of Hecate or Crataeis or else of Typhon and Echidna (Chaos, Mother of all monsters), as in TBotLS.
But Moorcock mixes things up even more prolifically than Wolfe. He's not much of a source, really ...
It's possible, I guess. Also, I wonder if by the second book Wolfe was already planning TBotLS and was working out a new mythology.
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Matthew Malthouse
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>At 15:14 10/12/2008, you wrote:
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Otherwise, I have not found any correspondence of these names with one
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>another or any single mythos in any way, except that the names Erebus and
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Arioch may have Semitic roots, and that Erebus and Scylla are Homeric.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Arioch is indeed Hebrew meaning fierce lion and as a demon appeared in
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>works as diverse (or similar?) as Paradise Lost and Morcock's Elric et al.
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I know Moorcock published at least one of Wolfe's stories, so perhaps
he was making a Paradise Lost reference AND homaging Moorcock?
The problem there is that Moorcock and Wolfe are pretty much
completely opposed philosophically and Moorcock is probably not the
first writer Wolfe would "call out".
Arioch in Moorcock's books is one of the major gods of Chaos, which
seems relevant.
-Matt
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