Standard Wolfean Riddle

Gerry Quinn · 16 Aug 2010, 17:00 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:00:06 +0100
Subject: (urth) Standard Wolfean Riddle
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From: "Ryan Dunn" <ryan at liftingfaces.com>
On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:

> >> - Even more to my point. These saint names are used, however obscure 
> >> they might be. And yet you claim that the Urthian society has long 
> >> since forgotten the name of Jesus? Most of the Catholics I know 
> >> wouldn't know half the saint names Wolfe uses in his text.
>
> > In Ireland people are often named after saints, but never after Jesus.

> Yes, but what about the use of Jesus in Hispanic cultures? Jes?s is quite 
> common in countries like Venezuela, Colombia, etc.

Certainly that is the case.  I'm just saying it's not particularly strange 
that the name is not used in Severian's culture. (The saints' names may be 
artefacts of translation anyway.)

- Gerry Quinn

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