It's not just a reference to the Crown of Thorns?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM, David Stockhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net" target="_blank">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thorns might be considered to resemble claws more than fangs. But Severian's blood the Claw sheds is perhaps more important than the Claw itself.<br>
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It seems like a stretch, but "nature red in tooth and claw" could connect it to a fang. But why do so?<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 11/1/2012 8:18 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:<br>
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From: the badger<br>
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It occurred to me that the Claw as a physical artifact bears some resemblance<br>
to a fang - I'm thinking specifically of a serpent's fang. Which naturally suggests<br>
the depiction of Satan as a serpent, the Garden of Eden etc ... as far as I can see<br>
this doesn't really fit into the theology/symbology of the BotNS but it's curious<br>
if you think about it - has anyone else pursued this line?<br>
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Interesting thought. I haven't heard of it.<br>
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Of course the Claw is really a thorn. I don't know that that has any significance.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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