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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=crushtv@gmail.com
href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">James Wynn</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Gerry Quinn-<BR><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><BR>I think the etymology is not dubious at all.
To me, it's a fairly overt reference. Not at all subtle. It's analogous to,
say, having a story in the Brown book that refers to a black cloaked figure
named The One Who Divides. <BR><BR>Demanding more evidence than this from a
story that didn't even overtly identify Severian as the Conciliator or the New
Sun seems to be demanding something one would never expect to
get.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But typhoons ae not particularly associated with
Spring (they occur year round and in fact it is in Spring that they are least
frequent), so all we have is 'Wind', which is hardly a strong
connection. Spring Wind has a son Frog, and the story is mostly about
him. There is no reference to his father in the rest of the story.
You'd think if Frog's dad ruled Urth and other worlds and had another family, it
would have been mentioned somewhere.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"Wind" and "fighting" don't add up to a definition
of Typhon, in my view. (Wikipedia tells me there's a Marvel Comics
superhero called Wind Warrior, for example.) Typhon's characteristic
signature is a second head; he even keeps it when translated to digitised
form. If Spring Wind had any indication of a second head, I'd have no
problems with the identification.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't agree with the concept that everybody in
BotNS has to be everybody else in disguise. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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