Severian and the skull
The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 08 Jul 2003
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/4066

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Christopher Culver — 08 Jul 2003, 11:34

> Marc Aramini wrote:
> The recent discussion has prompted me to look once again at the end of Urth of the New Sun.  I think we can all agree that the skull that Severian finds at the bottom of the lake when he goes diving
> You can count me out. I've never believed the skull was of a former Severian. I think that it is just an object which allows Severian to meditate on how many people he has killed to save Urth. From th
> Christopher Culver

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Andrew Bollen — 08 Jul 2003, 12:57
  follows, by subject match Christopher Culver

Christopher says:

> You can count me out. I've never believed the skull was of a former
> Severian. I think that it is just an object which allows
> Severian to meditate on how many people he has killed to save Urth.

Me too!

I don't think relics of prototype Sev's or their worlds exist in our Sev's
world. At least, I don't see much reason to suppose they do.
Sev encountering his own corpse in UOTNS doesn't count, IMO: that was a
different kind of resurrection.

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