Hindu imagery in tBotSS

Matthew Groves · 27 Nov 2008, 22:07 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: matthewalangroves at gmail.com (Matthew Groves)
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:07:09 -0800
Subject: (urth) Hindu imagery in tBotSS
Message-ID: <39ed084f0811271407w550905c6j5984a784e9754fd7 at mail.gmail.com>

The many-limbedness of the Neighbors, their worship of the Mother goddess,
and the prominence of Gaon and the Hindi-named gaonese (who seem to worship
a benevolent Kali-esque aspect of Echidna) in tBotSS point toward an
important role for Hinduism in the novel's interpretation.  Does the Hindu
aspect give us any insight into the Mother's motivation, Seawrack's
identity, or the nature of the Neighbors or the inhumi?

Matt

PS - I recently read Cambell's _The Hero with a Thousand Faces_ for the
first time.  Completely mindblowing as a work of erudition, an enlightening
as a sampler of myths across cultures.  Highly recommended.
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