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  "thread": {
    "id": 4020,
    "subject": "Seven Lions' Paste",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 3,
    "first": "2003-06-09T05:47:50+00:00",
    "last": "2003-06-09T16:24:01+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0306-3455@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "maa32",
        "address": "maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu"
      },
      "date": "2003-06-09T05:47:50+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Seven Lions' Paste",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Here is a question from Crush about Seven Lions' Paste- perhaps you could help \nus out - I have only the vaguest conception that it reminds me of the scene in \nthe movie Gladiator in which small household gods and religious artifacts are \nkept by a black man in a small bag.\n\nCrush asks:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "In chapter one of 'Soldier of the Mist', Latro conversing with Seven Lions:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "\"I pointed to my arm and my hair and asked the black man if he had seen\nanother such as I. He nodded and opened two little bags he carries; there is\nwhite paste in one and vermilion in the other.\"\n\nWhat is this paste in Seven Lion's bags?\n\nIf you don't know, could you repost this question to the Urth list?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Perhaps some allusion to the different white and red clays that went into the \ncreation of white and black skin in different proportions mythologically?  I \ndon't know.\nMarc"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0306-3456@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Josh Geller",
        "address": "brunians at brunians.org"
      },
      "date": "2003-06-09T06:15:55+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) Seven Lions' Paste",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0306-3455@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
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          "text": "These are his war-paint. He puts them on before he goes into battle.\n\nHerodotos mentions this, where he is listing the different \nethnic groups that were represented in the Great King's army.\n\n\nJ.\n\n___"
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 22:47, maa32 wrote:\nHere is a question from Crush about Seven Lions' Paste- perhaps you could help \nus out - I have only the vaguest conception that it reminds me of the scene in \nthe movie Gladiator in which small household gods and religious artifacts are \nkept by a black man in a small bag.\n\nCrush asks:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 2,
          "text": "In chapter one of 'Soldier of the Mist', Latro conversing with Seven Lions:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "\"I pointed to my arm and my hair and asked the black man if he had seen\nanother such as I. He nodded and opened two little bags he carries; there is\nwhite paste in one and vermilion in the other.\"\n\nWhat is this paste in Seven Lion's bags?\n\nIf you don't know, could you repost this question to the Urth list?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Perhaps some allusion to the different white and red clays that went into the \ncreation of white and black skin in different proportions mythologically?  I \ndon't know.\nMarc\n\n\n\n-- "
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0306-3459@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "James Wynn",
        "address": "the.wynns at usa.net"
      },
      "date": "2003-06-09T16:24:01+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) Seven Lions' Paste",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0306-3456@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "Okay. Fixed my problem.\n\nCrush asked:\nWhat is this paste in Seven Lion's bags?\n\nJosh Geller answered:\nThese are his war-paint. He puts them on before he goes into battle.\nHerodotos mentions this, where he is listing the different ethnic groups\nthat were represented in the Great King's army.\n\nCrush concedes:\nI was afraid of that. It seemed to me that the paste should have something\nto do with whether Seven Lions had seen anyone one who looked like Latro.\nBut Josh is probably right. It is only a Wolfean juxtaposition.\n\n--- Crush"
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