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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jwilson@clueland.com
href="mailto:jwilson@clueland.com">Jeff Wilson</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>> > > <FONT face="Times New Roman">> I think The Green Man may
actually be Inire, which makes sense as they<BR><FONT face=Calibri>> >
> ></FONT> both are known to change shape, </FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV>[Jeff Wilson wrote:]<BR>> > > When do the
Green Man or Inire display their shape-changing ability? Are<BR>> >
> they attested to do so in the story
somewhere?<BR><BR>> > I should have been clearer. It is Vertumnus who is
known as a<BR>> > shapechanger, being the god of seasons and
change.<BR>> > Inire-the-shapechanger is an old Borski theory. Certainly
Inire must<BR>> > have some method of disguise to pass as human, even a
short,<BR>> > monkey-faced one.<BR><BR>> Pretending to be a bent, old
man works, since most people don't want to <BR>> see more. This easily
affords him the old shaman disguise, since the <BR>> covered face and the
exposed physique is the complement of his Vizier <BR>> disguise. And being
purpose-made to pose as a human, by beings who can <BR>> make human-appearing
beings, eliminates a specific need to shapeshift.</DIV>
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<DIV>Indeed. </DIV>
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<DIV>As for the Green Man, if he has shape changing abilities they are fairly
limited, as reading the section in which Severian first encounters him will make
obvious.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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