# Dorcas: 'Buried' dead or alive? *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 07 Apr 1999* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Clifford Drane *07 Apr 1999, 19:18* Ok. The seemingly accepted point of view is that Dorcas was dead, and Severian brought her back to life while submerged looking for his sword. However, the old man looking for his wife (my shiny new copy of Lexicon Urthus (love it Michael!) is at home, so I don't know his name!) said that Cas' eyes popped open just as she was submerged - which led me to believe that she was laid to rest by mistake. Following that logic, the water, which is said to act as a preservetant, kept her in stasis for 40 years until Severian woke her up by touching her hand (which could be supernatural in origin or not (could have been the shock of the touch alone)). Also, has Dorcas as a parallel to the Lady of the Lake been mentioned before? Severian grasps both her hand and the sword at the same time, almost like she gave it to him. Any thoughts about that? Oh, if any of you catch me at Yahoo chat, my name is 'Agilus' (all the name of good guys (or interesting creatures) were taken!) Cliff Drane --- ### Alex David Groce *07 Apr 1999, 18:50 · follows Clifford Drane* The idea is interesting, although the correspondence of names with the woman Peter raises from the dead in Acts 9:36-42 is suggestive of a real resurrection, the first human raised by Severian as Triskele is the first animal. > On Apr 7, 2:18pm, Clifford Drane wrote: > Subject: (urth) Dorcas: 'Buried' dead or alive? > Ok. The seemingly accepted point of view is that Dorcas was dead, and > Severian brought her back to life while submerged looking for his > sword. However, the old man looking for his wife (my shiny new copy > of Lexicon Urthus (love it Michael!) is at home, so I don't know his > name!) said that Cas' eyes popped open just as she was submerged - > which led me to believe that she was laid to rest by mistake. > Following that logic, the water, which is said to act as a > preservetant, kept her in stasis for 40 years until Severian woke her > up by touching her hand (which could be supernatural in origin or not > (could have been the shock of the touch alone)). > > Also, has Dorcas as a parallel to the Lady of the Lake been mentioned > before? Severian grasps both her hand and the sword at the same time, > almost like she gave it to him. Any thoughts about that? > > Oh, if any of you catch me at Yahoo chat, my name is 'Agilus' (all > the name of good guys (or interesting creatures) were taken!) > > Cliff Drane > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ---