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    "id": 6773,
    "subject": "kiki(mora) and scarecrow,\n breaking windows and blowing out candles SH",
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    "first": "2018-01-07T01:45:24+00:00",
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      "message_id": "<CAF1072wvZOzZoxeNupLMaSZqCTryVHFOTjafHA8G_kzdvFaanA@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Marc Aramini",
        "address": "marcaramini at gmail.com"
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      "date": "2018-01-07T01:45:24+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth)  kiki(mora) and scarecrow,\n breaking windows and blowing out candles SH",
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          "text": "In the 23rd letter, a lot happens in Sorcerer's House. One of the biggest\nis the appearance of Kiki who tells Bax that someone is in the back with\nhim. This is also the chapter we learn that Bax actually wants revenge on\nhis brother: \"He hit me ... He kicked me before he let. I was only half\nconscious, but his kick broke a couple of ribs, and I've never forgotten\nit. I resolved upon revenge.\" (178)\n\nIf the strange woman Kiki is in fact a kikimora, commonly a house spirit,\nthen perhaps she (and her husband) are the true supernatural element of the\ntext. The name kikimora is commonly translated as \"scarecrow\", and when Bax\nfirst meets Martha Murrey (whose name in the index is listed as meaning a\ndark purple color close to black) she says, \"Travel! ... I'e done a great\ndeal of it. Once, believe it or not, I caught the shuttle from here to\nChicago, waited a couple of hours in O'Hare, had a one-hour layover in\nDenver, laid over in LAX, and arrived in Honolulu a complete scarecrow\"\n(16).\n\nThere are two kinds of kikimoras, and they are sometimes reputed to get\nbetween a man and a real woman. The Kikimora in the house lives in the\nstove or the cellar. Kikimora are thought to try and strangle people by\nsitting on their chests while they sleep. To avoid this, children are\ninstructed to look out the window (note that Iuean was breaking windows).\nThe Kikimora may be married to a masculine Domovye, who assumes the\nappearance of previous house owners or the owner himself, sometimes with\nlittle horns or tails, and might be small and hairy (like, say, the dwarf).\n[The triannulis has a skull with a horn on it] He might bruise the owner\nwith pinches if he wanted him gone (see Iuean hitting Bax). They can also\ntake on the appearance of cats or dogs. If he extinguishes a candle or\nmakes himself visible it means that the head of household will die. If his\ntouch is cold, misfortune is coming. Given the shutting off of the long\nlight and the breaking of windows, this seems to be something supernatural\nBax doesn't know about.\n\nThe kikimora can also wear the face of a family member. (Emlyn thinks that\nhis father might have killed his mother, though Martha Murrey later somehow\nfills the role).\n\nSOOOOOOOO ... breaking windows, extinguished candles, hairy dwarf, woman\nnamed Kiki, appearance of Emlyn and Iuean - Bax does seem to have a\nhousehold spirit, Bax's \"dream\" experiences in fairyland ... but while this\nexplains the dog and how his butler \"is\" mister Black ... what about the\nwerewolf?"
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