Lives of the Great Beasts

Jeff Wilson · 03 Jul 2010, 02:29 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:29:42 -0500
Subject: (urth) Lives of the Great Beasts
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On 7/2/2010 5:05 PM, Jonathan Goodwin wrote:
> As I understand it, Crowley added "mega" to the word "therion," which
> does not appear with that modifier in the Apocalypse, to describe
> himself. I find it dubious that Wolfe would rely on a term used by an
> idiosyncratic megalomaniac, when the more literal description fits the
> text so much more clearly.

I'm not sure what you mean. "Megatherians" is in the text. If 
"megatherion" is somehow tainted, why wouldn't he use somesthing less 
similar? It equally skims close "Megatherium", the name for the 
prehistoric giant sloth of the region, and whose latter-day counterpart 
appears in the Well of Orchids. Sloth biographies?

Or it could refer these, equally colorful fellows:

http://www.150.si.edu/chap3/club.htm

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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