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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't see anything in that story to suggest that
Spring Wind was Typhon. It does appear that Spring Wind is
extraterrestrial. He fought on Urth, and sometimes his armies caused
devastation among humankind (and food for wolves), at least locally. But
in the long history of Urth there must have been many such. Where is the
indication that Spring Wind conquered or ruled the planet? What
characteristics, other than his being a reasonably dominant warrior/leader, and
some doubtful etymology, induce you to associate him with
Typhon?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=crushtv@gmail.com href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">James Wynn</A>
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cite=mid:AANLkTinEY2VDstfF0QoyKgp7LJciB8pX7WQq6Y_00UGd@mail.gmail.com
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Andrew Mason -
Typhon: first, can someone point me to the evidence that he was not
born/raised on Urth? I'm not sure what the source for this is.
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<DIV><BR>For me, it is based on the story of "Spring Wind". I was rather
surprised to discover that it was at all controversial that "Spring Wind"
referred to Typhon. But I suppose there is little about these stories that is
not controversial. If it seems reasonable to you that Spring Wind = Typhon,
then the obvious implication is that he is extra-terrestrial :<BR><BR>Sword of
the Lictor, Chapter 19<BR>"<B>On a mountain top beyond the shores of Urth</B>
there once lived a lovely woman<BR>named Early Summer. She was the queen of
that land, but her king was a strong,<BR>unforgiving man, and because she was
jealous of him he was jealous of her in<BR>turn, and killed any man he
believed to be her lover.<BR>One day Early Summer was walking in her garden
when she saw a most beautiful<BR>blossom of a kind wholly new to her. It was
redder than any rose and more<BR>sweetly perfumed, but its strong stalk was
thornless and smooth as ivory. She<BR>plucked it and carried it to a secluded
spot, and as she reclined there<BR>contemplating it, it grew to seem to her no
blossom at all but such a lover as<BR>she had longed for, powerful and yet as
tender as a kiss. Certain of the juices<BR>of the plant entered her and she
conceived. She told the king, however, that the<BR>child was his, and since
she was well guarded, he believed her.<BR>It was a boy, and by his mother's
wish he was called <B>Spring Wind</B>. [snip]<BR>Now it happened that the
chances of war often brought Spring Wind to Urth, and<BR>there he came to know
of two brothers who were kings.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>