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Now my interest is peaked. At first I thought you were thinking of
Zephyrus. I think Wolfe *did* riff on that in The Book of the Long
Sun. But the comment about having a lot of heads suggests you mean
someone else.<br>
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On 5/25/2011 2:08 PM, Nick Lee wrote:
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<div>Certainly the tale of Mars, Romuls, and Remus, lends a lot to
"The Tale of the Boy Called Frog." I don't know whether or not
Andre-Druissi first came up with this bizarre derivation for
"Spring Wind," but Wolfe didn't need to make it up. "Spring
Wind" refers to a completely different deity. I believe that
Wolfe intends this connection. He certainly alludes to it in
UotNS, and there may be a connection with "The Tale of the
Master and His Student," you know, <i>Thesis</i>.</div>
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<div>Certainly these stories can have multiple meanings. I don't
think they are simply there to fill the pages, and they may help
in understanding the books they inhabit.</div>
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<div>For a while, I thought Frog might refer to Severian and Fish
to Baldanders. One being liminal and capable of living on land
and underwater, the other eventually growing too large/evil to
survive on land. It also solves the Severa problem if Baldanders
is Severian's brother (or sister. . . Baldanders as
transgendered: soon another), but I don't think there's enough
textual evidence to make this connection. It's just a fun theory
for now. Also, Borges's Baldanders has the tale of a fish. Some
species of fish change their sex. So do some Frogs, but Severian
is a known bisexual. Also consider Typhon. He could be Spring
Wind, but in an allegorical sense he is only <i>trying</i> to
be. Spring Wind has more heads, for instance. Severian is the
one who succeeds in becoming an avatar of that deity.</div>
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