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  "thread": {
    "id": 5245,
    "subject": "Hindu imagery in tBotSS",
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    "first": "2008-11-27T22:07:09+00:00",
    "last": "2008-11-27T22:07:09+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<39ed084f0811271407w550905c6j5984a784e9754fd7@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Matthew Groves",
        "address": "matthewalangroves at gmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2008-11-27T22:07:09+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Hindu imagery in tBotSS",
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          "text": "The many-limbedness of the Neighbors, their worship of the Mother goddess,\nand the prominence of Gaon and the Hindi-named gaonese (who seem to worship\na benevolent Kali-esque aspect of Echidna) in tBotSS point toward an\nimportant role for Hinduism in the novel's interpretation.  Does the Hindu\naspect give us any insight into the Mother's motivation, Seawrack's\nidentity, or the nature of the Neighbors or the inhumi?\n\nMatt\n\nPS - I recently read Cambell's _The Hero with a Thousand Faces_ for the\nfirst time.  Completely mindblowing as a work of erudition, an enlightening\nas a sampler of myths across cultures.  Highly recommended."
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