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The Whorl list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 14 Aug 1997
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Kieran Mullen — 14 Aug 1997, 13:24

> Then I drift from book to book and notice that in TBOTNS it is Agia
> who is associated with peacocks with her "pavonine" brochade dress.
> Which is interesting--Agia as an avenging Hera, Dorcas as Io (not to
> mention the Soldier series), and Severian as Zeus the amorous.  I've
> often wondered about the animal fable layer to TBOTNS, especially
> when some characters have clear animal names: Dorcas means gazelle,
> Hildegrin is called the Badger, Talos has the face of a stuffed fox,
> and so on.  So I watch for other animal aspects to show up.

    I think you are off the mark with the Dorcas allusion.  Dorcas
was the name of a woman brought back from the dead (by Peter, I think)
in the New Testament.  (I don't have my RSV here, but it something 
like her name was Dorcas, but she was also called Tabitha).

             Kieran Mullen

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Alice Turner — 15 Aug 1997, 06:58
  follows, by subject match Kieran Mullen

mantis, why do you think the name of the nameless little girl in the
Antechamber is like that of a starship crew member's job title?

I wonder if we'll ever run into her again.

-alga-

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