Inire as a hierodule

Gerry Quinn · 16 Jul 2010, 20:14 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:14:23 +0100
Subject: (urth) Inire as a hierodule
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From: "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net>

> There is no doubt at all that Severian believed that Inire was a member of 
> a
> short-lived kind -- he said so. I suspect that Inire's use of "cousins" in
> the letter was just a generic, euphemistic term for his short-lived kind, 
> in
> much the same sense that a Christian may speak of his fellow believers as
> "brothers in Christ".

Also, we don't know anything about how hierodules are born / constructed / 
hatched.  Maybe he feels "brother" is too suggestive of a human-like 
reproductive system.

Admittedly he seems to have no problem with calling himself "Father", but 
then again the word "father" here is clearly (?) being used metaphorically.

- Gerry Quinn

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