"Under hill"

Paul Duggan07 May 2002, 21:07original

New wolfe story online. http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/under_hill.html Haven't read it yet Paul

Mark Millman08 May 2002, 17:07original

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Also, the dragon in Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea short story "The Rule of Names" calls himself Mr. Under- hill before his disguise is breached. Before that, he poses as a somewhat ineffectual wizard. Mark Millman (Nacre)

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On Tue, 7 May 2002, Josh Geller wrote: On Tue, 7 May 2002, Matthew Davis wrote:

[D]oes the title allude to anything? One of the hobbits went under the false name "Mr Underhill" but nothing else leaps to mind.

'Under Hill' is an old. old euphemism for what's often called 'Faerie' ('faerie' is also a euphemism; this is the land of the Dead we are talking about (see my post with the subject 'Mound Dwellers')). The main fairy in John Crowley's "Little, Big" is called Mrs. Underhill.

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