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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/08/2014 09:29,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marcobadie@katamail.com">marcobadie@katamail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Catherine, Severian's mother, is the most obscure
character of The Book of the New Sun.</div>
<div>Please, note the simmetry (and the opposition):</div>
<div>Severian (some iteration of Severian) is lifted, risen
up (resurrected) from water by Juturna, (the Undine (a
water being).</div>
<div>The white gown's woman buried in the necropolis (some
iteration of Severian's mother, I think) is lifted, risen
up (resurrected) from earth by Hildegrin (the Badger, an
earth being).</div>
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<div>Juturna is searching for Severian from the future.</div>
<div>Hildegrin is searching for Severian (or for a link to
Severian) in the past.</div>
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Yes, these seem a good fit. Hildegrin is killed at the end of
_Claw_ when Apu Punchau is temporarily resurrected. And of course
the future of Urth Is rather watery, though Juturna's people are
already here. (If the New Sun is fire, we now need only air!)<br>
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Certainly resurrection is a major theme, and I would not doubt there
are symbolic echoes of it to be found in many places that could tie
in to Past and Future Severians.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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